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Spanish Eddie Lyrics By Laura Branigan

    there was heat in the air
    and cops everywhere you looked
    there wasn’t a lot
    so the breaks that you’ve got you know you took
    and i remember wonderin’ where you’ve been
    the night spanish eddie cashed it in

    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio
    the night spanish eddie fell from grace
    there was amazement on his face
    on the night that eddie failed sanity prevailed

    it was june or july
    when the heat from above beat down
    it was famine or drought
    when the brothers went out of style uptown
    and we was mixin’ vicks with lemon gin
    the night spanish eddie cashed it in

    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio
    the night spanish eddie made front page
    his revolution came of age
    he wrote surrender on the wall
    the night he took the fall

    i heard someone say he’s trying to fly
    like eddie used to say we’ll do when we die

    i know someone turned you for a spin
    the night spanish eddie cashed it in

    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio
    the night spanish eddie fell from grace
    there was amazement on his face
    on the night that eddie failed sanity prevailed

    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio
    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio
    the night spanish eddie cashed it in
    they were playin’ desolation row on the radio

    Artist: Laura Branigan

    Year: 1985

    Decade: 80s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 141