Released: January 19, 1987
Songwriter: Cesar Rosas
Producer: Los Lobos T Bone Burnett
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
There ain't nothing I can take to kill this pain
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
She is a dream, but she's so hard to please
She moves around like an Egyptian queen
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
I'm so afraid of losing you
But there's only so much that a man can do
For Rosa Lee
Why don't you set me free?
When I hit the road the time goes slow
Thinking about the places I used to go
With Rosa Lee
Why won't you set me free?
They're trying to close the Tu y Yo
The Latin Playboy and the Sky Room shows
Oh! Rosa Lee
Why don't they let them be?
I can't get used to losing you
But there's only so much that a man can do
For Rosa Lee
Why don't you set me free?
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
But I never thought I'd wear a ball and chain
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
There ain't nothing I can take to kill this pain
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
She is a dream, but she's so hard to please
She moves around like an Egyptian queen
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
I'm so afraid of losing you
But there's only so much that a man can do
For Rosa Lee
Why don't you set me free?
When I hit the road the time goes slow
Thinking about the places I used to go
With Rosa Lee
Why won't you set me free?
They're trying to close the Tu y Yo
The Latin Playboy and the Sky Room shows
Oh! Rosa Lee
Why don't they let them be?
I can't get used to losing you
But there's only so much that a man can do
For Rosa Lee
Why don't you set me free?
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
But I never thought I'd wear a ball and chain
Set me free
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
more tracks from the album
El Cancionero Mas Y Mas
- Lil’ King of Everything
- Wicked Rain
- Midnight Shift
- Why Do You Do
- Bertha
- Come On, Let’s Go
- Tomorrow Never Knows (live 1993)
- Is This All There Is?
- Someday
- Dream in Blue
- Oh Yeah
- Sabor a Mi
- That Train Don’t Stop Here
- River of Fools
- The Neighborhood
- Angels With Dirty Faces
- How Much Can I Do?
- I Got Loaded
- Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
- When the Circus Comes
- Goodnight My Love
- Route 90
- She’s About a Mover (live 1996)
- Mas y Mas
- This Bird’s Gonna Fly
- Angel Dance
- Cumbia Raza (English version)
- Beautiful Maria of My Soul
- Lonely Avenue
- This Time
- Rip It Up
- Down Where the Drunkards Roll
- Can’t Stop the Rain
- Anselma
- Corrido #1
- Kiko and the Lavender Moon
- La Bamba
- Be Still
- Saint Behind the Glass
- Quatro Vicios [Ry Cooder with David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas]
- Let’s Say Goodnight
- I Walk Alone
- Peace (demo)
- Estoy Sentado Aqui
- Will the Wolf Survive?
- Lonesome Tears in My Eyes
- Maricela
- Tears of God
- Viking
- I Can’t Understand
- Don’t Worry Baby
- Down on the Riverbed
- Revolution
- Alone in a Crowd
- I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)
- Evangeline
- Guantanamera
- Little John of God
- What’s Going On?
- Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes
- Till the Hands Fall Off the Clock
- My Baby’s Gone
- Try Me
- La Pistola y el Corazón
- Rio de Tenampa (demo)
- One Time, One Night
- A Matter of Time
From the albums
- By the Light of the Moon (1987)
- El Cancionero Mas Y Mas (2000)
Los Lobos popular songs
- Canción Del Mariachi
- La Bamba
- We Belong Together
- Beautiful Maria of My Soul
- Rango Theme Song
- Kitate
- Luz de Mi Vida
- Huelga en general (feat. Carmen Moreno & Steve Salas)
- I Can’t Understand
- De colores (feat. The Children of Escuela Santa Isabel)
- Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir
- Run Away With You
- Don’t Worry Baby
- No Puedo Más
- Chuco’s Cumbia
- Down on the Riverbed
- One Time, One Night
- Wooly Bully
- Wreck of the Carlos Rey
- Rio de Tenampa
- Jupiter or the Moon
- Rio de Tenampa (demo)
- The Ugly Bug Ball
- The Breakdown