Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
The song “Castanets” has been described as an “inoffensive but up tempo song about a complicated relationship”. By some measures (e.g. Genius pageviews), it is Escovedo’s most popular song.
In 2005, then-President of the United States George W. Bush revealed that “Castanets” was on his iPod. In res...
[Verse 1]
She plays castanets, she works without a net
I like her better when she walks away
She said she was mine, she told me twice
I like her better when she walks away, yeah
[Chorus]
I like her better when she walks away, uh-huh
I like her better when she didn't stay, yeah
Like her better when she danced my way, come on
I like her better when she walks away, come on
[Verse 2]
I love the sun when it silhouettes
I like her better when she walks away
I love her hair fallin' across my face
I like her better when she walks away, yeah
[Chorus]
I like her better when she walks away, uh-huh
I like her better when she didn't stay, yeah
Like her better when she danced my way, come on
I like her better when she walks away, come on
[Bridge]
She plays castanets, she works without a net
I like her better when she walks away
She turns me on like a pickup truck
I like her better when she walks away
I love the sun shinin' through her dress
I like her better when she walks away
I love her hair in a tangled mess
I like her better when she walks away, yeah
[Chorus]
I like her better when she walks away, uh-huh
I like her better when she didn't stay, yeah
Like her better when she danced my way, come on
I like her better when she walks away, come on