Jai Alai
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Jailai
Basque pelota
The world's fastest game
As a kid I recall the ball court in Tijuana
Called a fronton
Looked like an Aztec gaming palace
From Bilbao to Guernica
Over to Tijuana and Ocala
Jailai
Ole, ole
He was a Basque from San Sebastian
He came here in '51
Made his bones along the border
In a jailai fronton
With a basket on his hand
He threw his heart against the wall
He was the master of the dance
In the fastest game of all
He had blood inside his eye
He threw his heart, he let it fly
He was the master of the dance
The king of jailai
What does it mean to you and I?
Swing your heart and let it fly
Love is a deadly dance
Just like jailai
He met a woman deeper than the songs
In the Cante Hondo bars
They made love outside the racetrack
In his long black touring car
But love took all his passion
The fire did twist and burn
Throw your heart against the wall
It may not return
He had blood inside his eye
He threw his heart, he let it fly
He was the master of the dance
The king of jailai
What does it mean to you and I?
Throw your heart and let it fly
Love is a deadly dance
Just like jailai
He wrote a postcard from Bilbao
Said the games are mostly gone
A memory to the old men
Who live in bars and gypsy songs
But oh the crack of thunder
When the pelota hit the wall
Love and jailai were the fastest games of all
And his passion never died
But these nights he sleeps alone
Seeing her face reflected on the walls
Of border town frontons
Yeah the games have mostly died
But old men too proud to cry
Live on memories of love and jailai
He had blood inside his eye
He swung his heart, he let it fly
He was the master of the dance
The king of jailai
What does this mean to you and I?
Swing your heart and let it fly
Love is a deadly dance
Just like jailai