Cover art for El Macho by Mark Knopfler
Sep. 26, 20001 viewer

El Macho Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Your date has gone home
Now you're left on your own sweet own
You're a tough-talking friend
Split on you in the bitter end
And you look like a fine thing, Jerry
Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry

[Verse 2]
They say you're a star
That's what the boys all say you are
I don't see much TV
So you don't mean shit to me
But you look like a fine thing, Jerry
Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry

[Chorus]
But they got a name for people like you
Yeah they do
And they got a name for people like me too
El Macho, El Macho
El Macho, El Macho

[Verse 3]
Now they want you to sing
Don't get shy or anything
The boys are all here
Gonna buy you another beer
'Cause you look like a fine thing, Jerry
Yeah you look like a fine thing, Jerry
[Chorus]
(El Macho)
El Macho, El Macho

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Credits
Percussion
Flugel Horn
Recorded At
Nashville
Release Date
September 26, 2000
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