- published: 22 Aug 2013
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José Lewgoy (1920 – 2003) was an American-Brazilian television, film and theatre actor.
He was born in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to a Russian father and an American mother, who met in New York. He died in Rio de Janeiro. He was considered one of the best actors in Brazil, and was usually typecast as a villain. He is recognizable to many art-house cinema fans as the man who played Don Aquilino in Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo.
I stopped in to share some misery with my good ol’ friend Jim Bean
Saw a man in a tattered jacket, faded straps still on his sleeves
So I ordered us a round, and I pulled up a chair
That’s when I saw his wheels I was careful not to stare
They say that he risked life or limb ‘cause he wouldn’t leave a friend
He’ll tell you, “Some things are worth dying for, and I would do it all again.”
[Chorus]
A shot of whiskey and a cold beer six dollars
High score on the dartboard fifty cents
A buck for “Country Roads” on that old jukebox
At seven fifty plus the time well spent
But sittin’ there with a real-life hero,
Well that’s just priceless, that’s just priceless
He said, “A lot of folks don’t understand why I volunteered to go,
I tell ‘em, just take a look around you at this life you’ve come to know
We did for young lovers and Independence Day parades
For smiles on kids’ Christmas and first pitch on opening day
We fight for everyone’s right to chase their wildest dream
‘Cause someone has to stand behind what Ol’ Glory guarantees”
[Chorus]
I thanked him for his service, and bought us one more for the road
Here’s to all we take for granted, and those who never made it home
To those who never made it home
A shot of whiskey and a cold beer six dollars
High score on the dartboard fifty cents
A buck for “Country Roads” on that old jukebox
At seven fifty plus the time well spent
But livin’ in the Land of the Free,
Well that’s just priceless, that’s just priceless