Hundreds of Stories

Abuela

Are you OK

Paciencia y fe

Paciencia y fe

Let me see it again

We kept it safe

So we survived the night what happens today

A third for you

Uh huh uh huh Uh huh uh huh

A third for me

No pare Sigue sigue

The rest for Sonny

And with our share of the money

And with our share of the money

Dream of the seaside air

See me beside you there

Think of the hundreds of stories we will share

You and I

Ayy

Now you sell your store

Open a bar by the shore

I've told you hundreds of stories

About home Make some more

More

Yo I know just where to go

There's a little beach named Playa Rincón

With no road you need a rowboat or motorbike

To reach this beach it's just a stone's throw

From home

My folks' home

Before I was born

Before they passed on

And left me on my own in New York with the grocery store

They would talk about home I listened closely for

The way they whispered to each other

'Bout the warmer winter weather

Inseparable they even got sick together

They never got better passed away that December

And left me with these memories like dyin' embers

From a dream I can't remember

Ever since then it's like

Another day deeper in debt with different dilemmas

The bodega's a mess I'll be seeing less of Vanessa

Abuela I don't know how I can keep it together

Remember the story of your name

It was engraved on a passing ship on the day your family came

Your father said"Usnavi

That's what we'll name the baby"

It really said"U S Navy" but hey

I worked with what they gave me okay

They'd be so proud of you today

Then by the end of July

Uh huh uh huh Uh huh uh huh

Out where the sea meets the sky

No pare Sigue sigue

Think of the hundreds of stories

We'll create

You and I

Ay

We'll find your island

I'll find my island sky

Ay find your island

But whatever we do it's

You and I