Lyrics

[Chorus] Emilio lives in an attic Plays a flamenco guitar Arpeggios fall out his window And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars [Verse 1] They harmonize with the sirens And mix with that racket downstairs And they wander out into the traffic Emilio's misguided prayers [Verse 2] The moon is Emilio's mistress On her there's no turning his back Some nights she comes to him naked and cold And some nights she only wears black [Verse 3] When the Fundador flows from his bottle Somehow there's always a fight When the moon and the lunatic dance Segurias Their beautiful music spills into the night And they dance [Verse 4] In his dreams he can see the abuelas They offer him wafers and wine Suspicious Emilio measures The vino against the divine [Verse 5] But he never has come to believe them Or accepted their heavenly host Sabicas and Salvador Dali The saint and the sinner he prays to the most [Chorus] Emilio lives in an attic Plays a flamenco guitar Arpeggios fall out his window And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars