"A Spanish Piece" is a short track from Pink Floyd's "Soundtrack from the F… Read Full Bio ↴"A Spanish Piece" is a short track from Pink Floyd's "Soundtrack from the Film More" album. The song runs for just 1:04 minutes.

It is an instrumental using the typical Spanish guitar riff (the film is set on Ibiza) accompanied by comically accented vocalisations in the background by David Gilmour, in which he can be heard drunkenly lusting after a woman, threatening someone and whispering, "Pass the tequila, Manuel" (though this is actually a Mexican drink rather than Spanish).

A Spanish Piece
Pink Floyd Lyrics

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Pass the tequila, Manuel
(glug, snort)
Listen, gringo, laugh at my lisp and I kill you
I think
This Spanish music
It sets my soul on fire
Lovely seniorita
Your eyes are like stars

Your teeth are like pearls

Your ruby lips

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Pink Floyd's song "A Spanish Piece" are somewhat cryptic and difficult to interpret, but they seem to describe a scene of a man drinking tequila and becoming enamored with a beautiful woman. The dark humor of the song is that the man threatens to kill anyone who laughs at his lisp, which suggests that he may be insecure about his speech impediment. However, the tone of the song is lighthearted and playful, as evidenced by the silly sound effects of glugging and snorting that accompany the mention of tequila.

The man is intoxicated by the Spanish music and his imagination runs wild as he describes the woman he is admiring. Her eyes are like stars, her teeth like pearls, and her lips like rubies. Whether or not the woman is real or simply a figment of the man's imagination is unclear, but the vivid imagery suggests that she has captured his imagination completely.

Line by Line Meaning

Pass the tequila, Manuel
Hand over the bottle of tequila, Manuel

(glug, snort)
(the sound of someone taking a drink, and possibly snorting a line of cocaine or another drug)

Listen, gringo, laugh at my lisp and I kill you
Pay attention, foreigner, if you mock my speech impediment, I will harm you

I think
It is my belief

This Spanish music
The music of this culture

It sets my soul on fire
It arouses my spirit and enlivens my being

Lovely seniorita
Beautiful woman

Your eyes are like stars
Your eyes are bright and shining like celestial bodies

Your teeth are like pearls
Your teeth are white and round like precious sea gems

Your ruby lips
Your red and full lips

Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: DAVID GILMOUR

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