El Toreador

Charlie Daniels Band

He was nobly born

Had a spanish bull's horn

And not one scar on his hansom face



He stood like a prince

And he had ever since

He had grandily walked into the place



Though the girls of Madrid

Tonight were forbid

For tomorrow he must fight once more



Before he left the bar

He would dance with them all

Cause he was El Toreador



The day of the feast

Was just a lie in the east

When he left Maria's warm bed



Her dark eyes said more

But he walked thru the door

Shaking cobwebs of dreams from his head



And later that day

As he knelt to pray

He said God grant me this nothing more



If it is the way

And I must die today

Let me die like a Toreador



The pageant he chose

Shook from the roar

As the band played the Toreador's theme



Alarmed by the sound

The bull paws the ground

As the Toreador enters the ring



Up and down, round and round

On and on, all alone



The Plaza del Toros

Shook from the roar

As the band played the Toreador's theme



Alarmed by the sound

The bull paws the ground

As the Toreador enters the ring



Up and down,

Round and round

On and on, all alone



The shouts of ole

In the heat of the day

Rushed the hot blood to his Spanish heart



And the crowd held their breath

As he flirted with death

And the bull fighter's sword found it's mark



And trying to hide

The wound in his side

He walked from the ring standing tall



And a crowd gathered round

As he fell to the ground

A priest held his hand

Where he lay in the sand

And he was heard to say

A brave bull died today

But he died like a Toreador