Done as a songwriting exercise. SSGY12W1. Write about a place that's on your bucket list that you haven't been to.
Check out the artist page.
Stream all 97 songs for free.
Story behind the song
I have wanted to see Spain for a long time, probably since soon after I started studying Spanish in high school. While I have been to the other Spanish-speaking countries that I mention in the song, I still haven't made it to Spain.
Lyrics
verse:
I've been to Guatemala.
Spent a year in Costa Rica.
Been many times to Mexico.
But Spain's where I want to go.
verse:
I don't want to regret
Never hearing the castanets,
Guitars and clicking heels.
The power of flamenco revealed.
chorus:
Spain is calling,
Calling to me.
Spain is calling,
Saying "ven aqui!"
verse:
The grandeur of the Alhambra
Standing guard over Granada.
The "pearl set in emeralds"
Where Moors and Spaniards battled.
chorus
verse:
I want to drink tempranillo
With tapas of manchego.
I want to eat paella
On the Costa Brava.
chorus
verse:
Smell the fig cakes in Valencia,
Lemon blossoms in Murcia.
Feel the sun in Andalusia.
You call to me, Espana.
chorus
