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Centinela by Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible

The (1)__________ starts, it was a late November night
She had a (2)____________ in her hair, he had his uniform on tight
He patrolled his watch, (3)________ nothing else was wrong
She danced by him with her (4)________ as (5)________ as dawn

He looked into her eyes and saw nothing there
He said, "excuse me seƱorita, but I don't (6)______________ we've had the pleasure"
She (7)________ "of course you know me, I'm here (8)__________ year,
but don't you get to close (9)________ I'm dancing my dear"

He thought, "how can I not fall in love (10)________ that,
a pretty (11)____________ women with an attitude to match"
He reached for her hand, and she wasn't impressed,
she wanted little to do with his gentle caress.

Won't you dance (12)________ me tonite
Hold my hand under the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones just blow away.

And (13)________ happened every year .. every year like clock work.

But let me first tell how it really began

About ten (14)__________ from exactly this date
A young man was sent away to fight in a far off place
La (15)__________________ had to say goodbye,
had to leave his home and his lover's pretty eyes

It (16)__________ her heart and she wanted him to stay
But not even her gentle hands (17)__________ persuade him (18)______________ way.
He was gone for what seemed to be years,
and his (19)__________________ lover counted everyday with tears

November 1st was the last time she (20)__________
thinking he'd be coming home but all she heard was that he'd died.
She was (21)________ he was a brave young man
But it was news his young lover just, she just couldn't understand.

So she drowned her sorrow and her soul, the only way she (22)________ how
by throwing herself into the well. She (23)______________ together, they'd be together in the afterlife.

Won't you dance with me tonite
Hold my hand under the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones just blow away.

But (24)________ she didn't know, is that she had (25)__________ wrong
The young man did return, only to find that she had fallen
Her untimely death meant that they were now both alone
Never to dance together again or see how old that they had grown

The next day he placed flowers by the well
burned candles in the evening wishing he'd been the one that fell
He knew seeing her wouldn't happen with (26)________ tears
So he decided to wait for her, like she had done for all those years

November 2nd from this point on
He made sure he (27)__________________ until the break of dawn
So (28)________ could dance together, for just this one day,
Holding hands with his calavera on El Dia de la muerte

Won't you dance with me tonite
Hold my (29)________ under the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones just blow away.
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