Ely Joe Behind The Bamboo Shade Lyrics

Behind The Bamboo Shade Lyrics

In a border town when the lights go down



And the Ranchero Radio plays



You wont find me around in the lights of the town



I'll be out where the day meets the shade







I only came for a holiday to sit in the Mexican wind



I only came for the whiskey, but suddenly she walked in



She wore a dress made of lace,



And the light on her face



I felt the room start to shake



It shook a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...











I only came for the sun but I wound up with the moon and the stars



When her eyes met mine, the room filled with Spanish guitars



The kerosene in my blood



Came on like a flood



As I stood to take her away



To a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...







On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade



With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead



I reached out in the dark,



Put my hand on her heart,



While the bows of the palm trees swayed



On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade







I woke up in a sweat, my legs feeling too weak to stand



There's a pain in my back and not a bit of grip in my hands



A flash of steel in the night



Left me no time to write



An epitaph to leave on my grave



The church bells rang on a Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade







On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade



With the skeletons dancing on the eve of the Day of the Dead



If you see Juan



Tell him I can't come



I've got a previous engagement I've made.



I'm On a Black Spanish Love Seat Behind the Bamboo Shade...