Centinela by Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible

The (1)__________ 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 (2)________ 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 believe we've had the pleasure"
She said "of course you (3)________ 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 with an attitude to match"
He (5)______________ for her hand, and she wasn't impressed,
she wanted little to do with his gentle caress.

Won't you dance with me tonite
Hold my hand (6)__________ the moonlight
All we have is just today
Until my bones (7)________ blow away.

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

But let me first tell how it really began

About ten years from (9)______________ 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 wanted him to (10)________
But not even her gentle hands could persuade him another way.
He was gone for what seemed to be years,
and his beautiful lover counted everyday (11)________ tears

November 1st was the last time she cried
thinking he'd be coming home but all she (12)__________ was that he'd died.
She was told 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 (13)________ way she knew how
by throwing (14)______________ (15)________ the well. She thought together, they'd be together in the afterlife.

Won't you dance with me tonite
Hold my hand (16)__________ the moonlight
All we (17)________ is just today
Until my bones just blow away.

But what she didn't know, is that she had (18)__________ wrong
The young man did return, only to find that she had fallen
Her (19)________________ death meant that they (20)________ now both alone
Never to dance together again or see how old (21)________ they had grown

The next day he placed flowers by the well
burned candles in the (22)______________ wishing he'd been the one that fell
He knew seeing her wouldn't happen (23)________ just tears
So he decided to wait for her, like she had done for all those years

November 2nd from this point on
He (24)________ sure he patrolled (25)__________ the (26)__________ of dawn
So they could dance together, for just this one day,
Holding hands with his (27)________________ on El Dia de la muerte

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

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