Canción de Mate Cocido

Sittin' among the wood
and the flowers fallin'
the flame of tobacco
and the cross of the ships.

Far away when two buddies
come out of the Church
they sit down to smoke
in the sun.

A party uphill
there was last night
and on the corner
it dawned raining.

Sittin' among the wood
and the flowers fallin'
the flame of tobacco
and the cross of the ships.

If the lights of this town
ask you how I died
tell 'em you don't know,
you don't know.

My revolver, my jacket
my rag, my trick
my old dogs
my record.

You gotta be prepared
one day the boat will come
I'll wait for it so calm
I'll change my shirt and my dagger.

So an officer can write
in the departure report: a drowning
he'll earn a promotion
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So an officer can write
in the departure report: a drowning
he'll tell it on duty
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So the river stops
at the appointed time it'll come
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