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from Empire Electric by No-No Boy

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lyrics

Anton Thomas
Antonio Bengala
Francisco Miguel
Christoual Catoya
Agustin Longalo
Lucas Cate
Agustin Sao

Sailed as far from Malabar
As any soul has known
Peaks of snow, a jagged coast
Great giants made of stone

Two months through the Visayas
Then three beyond the blue
At California’s crest turned south
The mouth of hell we drew
Only for you
Only for you

Left the bay, the 5th of May
North to San Bernabe
Beneath a tent the sacrament
The feast was held on Sunday

Indios y Indio
A gift of tiger’s skin
The Latin Mass, our foreign past
Forgive us for this sin
Only for you
Only for you

I feel brand new!
Only for you!

San Diego, Tres Reyes,
Y Santo Tomas
Santa Barbara learned her name
Grumetes learned the stocks

The autumn course, our bearings north
The winter not forgotten
Luzon wood built cannon proof
But like us quick to rotten

Thomas turned back with the ill
Diego kept the cross
The New Year’s day beyond Drake’s Bay
The frigata was lost

North we climbed, morale declined
Not even six could stand
But through the storm, from legend torn
The strait of Anián
Only for you

I feel brand new!
Only for you!

The floating ghost, the bouldered coast
Too weakened to make land
The wind so rose, the lamp oil froze
We never touched the sand

Oh I believe, oh, I believe!
The father and the son!
Claim this coast, oh holy ghost
Who spoke through prophets’ tongues
Only for you

I feel brand new!
Only for you!

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from Empire Electric, released September 29, 2023

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No-No Boy Portland, Oregon

Nashville-born, Oregon musician & scholar. New album "Empire Electric out on Smithsonian Folkways fall 2023.

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