La Calavera Catrina

Written by Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield vocals

In Guanajuato I became

Diego Rivera was my name

Frida was so young and pretty

I met her there in Mexico City

I traveled as I gathered fame

Drew women like a moth to flame

The Catholics tried to slap my wrist

When I painted "God Does Not Exist"

Met Picasso in Paris, France

I took my art and found romance

Communism raised her fist but I found myself on the black list

Catrina my Catrina

That's when I found your smile

La Calavera Catrina

I walked a ragged mile

Hope you can sanctify

When it's my time to die

Russell Morris vocals

Trotsky exiled from the gallows

Stayed with me and Frida Kahlo

On walls, windows, doors, and pillars

I portrayed Cortez the Killer

Came back home for the revolution

Pancho Villa's execution

Rick Springfield/Russell Morris vocals

Catrina my Catrina

That's when I found your smile

La Calavera Catrina

I walked a ragged mile

Hope you can sanctify

When it's my time to die

Rick Springfield vocals

True to causes I embraced

"Man at the Crossroads" had Lenin's face

The gringos kicked me out of town

Still I did not back down

With so much work still left to do

At the end my heart just broke in two

Catrina my Catrina

That's when I found your smile

La Calavera Catrina

I walked a ragged mile

Hope you can sanctify

When it's my time to die

According to US

Actual lyrics may vary from our interpretation.