Wake up Angelita, your mama just turned off the light
   Manolo is already waiting by the old water-pipe
   Her shoes in one hand she carefully walks down the stairs
   Holding her breath ?cause there?s danger and love in the air.
  
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   Your papa will beat him if he ever finds out
   Begging the Virgin won?t help when you hear Manolito shout,
   Manolito shout
   He?s already standing under the starlit sky
   You run to his arms and you laugh and you cry as he holds you tight
  
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   He says he?ll be leaving you soon still you beg him to stay
   But he wants to make it somewhere in the U.S.A.
   And though he?ll be far he promises he?ll write every day
   When time will be right, he?ll come back and he?ll take you away
  
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   Your papa don?t like him, he says he?s no good
   He steals and he fights and he never behaves, like a young man should
   Angelita she knows, he?s not that bad inside
   She takes the medal, she wears on a chain, and presses it into his palm.
  
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