"Fidel's Fantasy" (song by War ‧ 1971)

 

Fidel's Fantasy

song by War ‧ 1971.

Wake up, Fidel

Wake up

It's time for your fantasy

Come back, Fidel

Come back to the time when your land was free and happy

Come back to love

There was a girl

Remember her name?

Remember Ana?

Remember her brown body

And her hair black as the wing of a raven

Remember the nights in the sugarcane, Fidel, huh?

Where is Ana now, Fidel?

Where could she be now?

Your young lover

She's not free

You're not free

Love is not free

Come back, Fidel

Come back with me

Remember when your brothers loved you and cheered

As you walked down the streets of the great city

Where are your brothers now, Fidel?

In a friendly land to the north

Why, that's the greatest fantasy of all, Fidel

Are they really happy there?

Having left their homes and families

Hahaha, Fidel

They're not free

Your land's not free

You're not free

And what about the little children, Fidel?

Do you remember their laughing faces?

Their running feet?

They liked for you to read to them

Oh yes

Not from the thoughts of Mao

Or the writings of stodgy men like Lenin and Trotsky

But the fables of Aesop, Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen

Yes, Fidel

They too had a flair for fantasy

But now that's all that you have, Fidel

Hahahahaha

Oh, Fidel

You mustn't wake up

Do you know what's waiting for you

In the world of reality?

Sleep is fleeting, Fidel

Your fantasy is ending

I must go, Fidel

Goodbye for now

Goodbye, Fidel

Goodbye