David Byrne
Here Lies Love
[IMELDA ROMUÁLDEZ]
Though I'm just a young girl from Leyte
Whose dresses are all hand-me-downs and scraps
I’d see the people smile, when I would sing for them
How happy they all seemed when I would dance

The most important things are love and beauty
It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor
To prosper and to fly, a basic human right
The feeling in your heart that you’re secure

Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care?
I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?

I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say
Here lies love!
Here lies love, here lies love!

[IMELDA AND ESTRELLA CUMPAS]
We live a stone’s throw from the palace
A simple country girl who had a dream
The ladies passing by, a better class than I
How much it means to me to be like these
At least we have each other
The neighbors pass us food
No clothes, no bed, no jewellery
Sometimes I had no shoes

[IMELDA AND ALL WOMEN]
Is it a sin to love too much?
Is it a sin to care?
I do it all for you
How can it be unfair?

I know that when my number’s up
When I am called by God above
Don’t have my name inscribed into the stone

Just say
Here lies love!
Here lies love, here lies love!

Just say
Here lies love!
Here lies love, here lies love!