Tecolote

By Bread

On Guitar Man

Released on October 1972

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[Verse 1]

Voodoo woman made a doll of me

And ever since then I been in misery

She said I did her pretty little daughter bad

And ever since then she's been driving me mad


[Chorus 1]

Let me go, let me go, Tecolote

Set me free, let me be, Tecolote


[Verse 2]

Drums keep beatin' in my head all night

Poltergeists knockin' on my left and right

Pain and a fever running 103

Just because her daughter wants to marry me


[Chorus 2]

Rather die, rather die than get married

Let me go, tell her no, tell her no

(Solo)


[Verse 3]

You heard my story and you now know why

A strange old woman makes a grown man cry

And next time a pretty pretty turns your head

You better take a look at her mother instead


[Chorus 1]

Let me go, let me go, Tecolote

Let me be, set me free, set me free