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Centinela by Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible

The story starts, it was a late November night
She had a flower in her hair, he had his uniform on tight
He patrolled his watch, like nothing else was wrong
She (1)____________ by him (2)________ her face as pale as dawn

He looked (3)________ her (4)________ and saw nothing there
He said, "excuse me seƱorita, but I don't (5)______________ we've had the pleasure"
She said "of course you know me, I'm here every year,
but don't you get to close when I'm dancing my dear"

He thought, "how can I not fall in love with that,
a pretty little women with an (6)________________ to match"
He reached for her hand, and she wasn't impressed,
she wanted little to do with his gentle caress.

Won't you (7)__________ with me tonite
Hold my hand under the moonlight
All we (8)________ is just today
Until my bones just blow away.

And this happened every year .. every year like (9)__________ work.

But let me first tell how it really began

About ten years from (10)______________ this date
A (11)__________ man was sent away to fight in a far off place
La (12)__________________ had to say goodbye,
had to leave his home and his lover's pretty eyes

It broke her heart and she wanted him to stay
But not even her (13)____________ (14)__________ could persuade him another way.
He was gone for (15)________ seemed to be years,
and his beautiful lover (16)______________ everyday with tears

November 1st was the last time she cried
thinking he'd be coming home but all she heard was that he'd died.
She was told he was a brave young man
But it was news his young (17)__________ just, she (18)________ couldn't understand.

So she drowned her sorrow and her soul, the only way she knew how
by throwing herself into the well. She thought 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 (19)________ today
Until my bones just blow away.

But what she didn't know, is (20)________ she had (21)__________ 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 (22)________ had grown

The next day he placed flowers by the well
burned candles in the evening (23)______________ he'd been the one that fell
He knew seeing her wouldn't (24)____________ (25)________ just tears
So he (26)______________ to wait for her, like she had done for all those years

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

Won't you dance (28)________ me tonite
Hold my hand under the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones just blow away.
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