Warren Zevon - Veracruz Lyrics
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
I heard Maria crying
Late last night I heard the news
That Veracruz was dying
Veracruz was dying
Someone called Maria's name
I swear it was my father's voice
Saying, "If you stay you'll all be slain
You must leave now - you have no choice
Take the servants and ride west
Keep the child close to your chest
When the American troops withdraw
Let Zapata take the rest"
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
Saying, "Veracruz is dying
And Cuernavaca's falling"
Aquel dia yo jure (On that day I swore)
Hacia el puerto volvere (To the port I will return)
Aunque el destino cambio mi vida (Even though destiny changed my life)
En Veracruz morire (In Veracruz I shall die)
Aquel dia yo jure (On that day I swore)
I heard Woodrow Wilson's guns
I heard them in the harbor
Saying, "Veracruz is dying"
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Warren Zevon Veracruz Comments
Neil Young and Warren can really tell a story
This is one of the greatest songs ever written.
I'm from Veracruz, the First Port in Continental America and Land of Braves, great song!!!
66.666 clicks ... :-(
Not many Americans know about the Battle and occupation of Veracruz in 1914.
I didn't even know of it until you made me Google it. Crazy how such big things can be swept under the rug like that. The Armenian Genocide, The Bombing Of Dresden, the Rhodesian Bush War, all things relating to war just thrown out in the garbage never to be discovered except by the dumpster divers (historians).
@Generic Wehraboo If anyone in the power structure was aware of what was going on in the East Dresden earned every single gram of incendiary.
I'm from Veracruz, the First Port in Continental America and Land of Braves, great song!!!
I started to listen to Warren Zevon because of TV Program Dr. House (With Keep Me In Your Heart).
I'm only 15, but i started to listen to him, and FORTUNATELY, THANK TO GOD I LISTEN TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC MY FRIENDS DO.
God, if you are Real, Thank You.💛💙💜
Best antiwar songs ever
From Poe to John Gardner, Warren was a great american writer
This man was a pure musical genius. This song, though, to me, is his best. Just exquisite! Thank you, Warren! You are sorely missed.....
Warren Zevon back in the old days of real music.
An overlooked master piece.
Great song, feel like I'm standing at the port watching it all go down. Individual lives swept up in the tempest of political turmoil, Warren captures it perfectly.
I heard Woodrow Wilson s guns
I heard Maria crying
God, I *miss* his music. :'''-(
Lili D his music is still here
Every time I play Assassin's Creed: Liberation and I send my ship to Veracruz, I get this song stuck in my head. Not that mind.
One of my favorite songs from Warren. A powerful song.
This is a news article from that time: http://www.upi.com/Archives/1914/04/22/Americans-in-control-of-Vera-Cruz-after-hot-fighting/6013471834180/?utm_source=fp&utm_campaign=otda&utm_medium=1
Ah, Warren! Your incredible music, from your Magnificent Soul ...my God Of Music...the ONLY God I need or want.. Beautiful Soul...Live Forever, Irreplaceable One, Live Forever, out there on the Edge Of Dreams...
Brian E. Reinecke fucking powerful. Hope the neighbors like it
I'm from Veracruz, the First Port in Continental America and Land of Braves, great song!!!