El Alcatraz

(Pelican, pelican, pelican)

Black girl come, light my candle
Black girl come, light my candle
To burn that black woman, to burn the pelican
To burn that black woman, to burn the pelican

I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)

Ask my hat and it will tell you the truth
Ask my hat and it will tell you the truth
The bad night it goes through and the dew that gives it
The bad night it goes through and the dew that gives it

I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)

Let's go, let's go, let's go
I bet it doesn't burn me neither from the front nor from behind
The pelican, the pelican, the pelican
Take, take

To the sound of the drum of bugles in rhythm
To the sound of the drum of bugles in rhythm
I would give you five reales that it doesn't burn me, the pelican
I would give you five reales that it doesn't burn me, the pelican

I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)

All the little black ones come out, all come out to the pampa
All the little black ones come out, all come out to the pampa
Some go with their picks, others go with their lamps
Some go with their picks, others go with their lamps

I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)
I bet it doesn't burn me (the pelican)