'The World's Longest Catholic Name' Lyrics
The World's Longest Catholic Name
By
Michael Pryor
[Verse 1]
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In a quiet Sonora cantina in old Mexico
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A cerveza was poured in the glass of Jose Calderon
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Daily he came like a pilgrim to honor his tears
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In a couple of Don Juan Fernandez's cold golden beers.
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My sorrows he said are too great for a farmer
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A young wife that died left me our baby daughter
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No mother to teach her of beauty and romance and shame
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To discourage her suitors from wanting to make love
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I named her for every saint I could think of
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And gave my Maria the world's longest catholic name.
[Chorus]
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Maria Consuela Santa Fe De La Cruz Concepcion
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Sangra de Christo, San Francisco, San Jose, Trinidad, San Pedro
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San Pablo, San Tomas, San Mateo, y San Juan Batista,
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And the two modern saints Che Guevara and Mother Theresa
[Verse 2]
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There arose from a cantina table a tall man unshaved
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He was young with a quizzical look and a swaggering way
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I have heard of this beauty by rumor from old Vera Cruz
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And have come all this way to find out if the story was true
Of . . .
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Maria Consuela Santa Fe De La Cruz Concepcion
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Sangra de Christo, San Francisco, San Jose, Trinidad, San Pedro
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San Pablo, San Tomas, San Mateo, y San Juan Batista,
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And the two modern saints Che Guevara and Mother Theresa
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Jose Calderon said I'm sorry you came to find magic
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All it has brought are two lives that are lonely and tragic
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For all of her suitors from best to the least good
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While saying her name they were called to the priesthood
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Under the spell of the world's longest catholic name
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Maria Consuela Santa Fe De La Cruz Concepcion
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Sangra de Christo, San Francisco, San Jose, Trinidad, San Pedro
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San Pablo, San Tomas, San Mateo, y San Juan Batista,
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And the two modern saints Che Guevara and Mother Theresa
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To Jose Calderon the young man said "Please hear my tale."
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Before I was born my poor father died drunk in a jail
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My mother was angry though I was her own precious son
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She named me for all of the bad things my father had done
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I'm Guillermo, no good, lazy bum, unfaithful betrayer
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Snake in the grass, pain in the ass and card player
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Forsaker of women in their sad condition
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Worse than a lawyer or bad politician
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No one loves a man with a curse instead of a name
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Jose Calderon said Guillermo if you dare to brave it
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If a foul name like yours meets her sad life, perhaps you can save it
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So lips found their kisses and arms found their tender embraces
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And never again did Jose drown his tears in cervezas.
For
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Maria Consuela Santa Fe De La Cruz Concepcion
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Sangra de Christo, San Francisco, San Jose, Trinidad, San Pedro
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San Pablo, San Tomas, San Mateo, y San Juan Batista,
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And the two modern saints Che Guevara and Mother Theresa
