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, like nothing else was wrong
She danced by him with her face as pale as dawn

He looked into her eyes and saw nothing there
He said, "excuse me señorita, but I don't (3)______________ 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 (4)________ in love with that,
a pretty little women (5)________ an attitude to match"
He reached for her hand, and she wasn't impressed,
she wanted little to do (6)________ his gentle caress.

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.

And this happened every year .. (7)__________ (8)________ like clock work.

But let me first tell how it (9)____________ began

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

It broke her heart and she (10)____________ him to (11)________
But not even her gentle hands could persuade him another way.
He was gone for what seemed to be years,
and his beautiful lover (12)______________ 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 (13)________ he was a brave young man
But it was news his young lover just, she just couldn't understand.

So she (14)______________ her (15)____________ and her soul, the only way she (16)________ how
by throwing herself into the well. She thought together, they'd be together in the afterlife.

Won't you (17)__________ (18)________ me tonite
Hold my hand under the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones just blow away.

But what she didn't know, is (19)________ she had heard wrong
The young man did return, only to find that she had fallen
Her untimely death (20)__________ that they were now both alone
Never to dance together again or see how old that they had grown

The next day he placed (21)______________ by the well
burned (22)______________ in the (23)______________ (24)______________ he'd been the one that fell
He knew seeing her wouldn't happen with just tears
So he (25)______________ to (26)________ for her, like she had (27)________ for all those years

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

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.

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