From the recording Echo Lab Sessions
Lyrics
Song for Manuel <br />
Manuel, oh the stories that you tell, how I love to hear you say <br />
How you left your home and all you’ve known and the girl that got away, and how you could have stayed… <br />
Manuel the many miles, many trials you have faced and still you came on <br />
Across the desert in the sand, wanting water in your hand, had you wanted to die <br />
Manuel, the stars were your disguise, and they seem to have left their imprint in your eyes, no one will know all that you have done, but if you have a song, Manuel <br />
Manuel through all the hell, when you sat in your tiny little cell yet you wished no one no wrong <br />
Almost stole your soul every time you’d go, to try and seek a better life, why so much strife? <br />
Manuel, the stars were your disguise, and they seem to have left their imprint in your eyes, no one will know all that you have done, but if you have a song, Manuel <br />
Manuel, Mexico seemed so long, San Luis Potosi <br />
You ask me, “ how come I’ve had to come so far just not to be free?” he says “why can’t they see?” <br />
Manuel, the stars were your disguise, and they seem to have left their imprint in your eyes, no one will know all that you have done, but if you have a song, Manuel <br />