Siempre Contigo / Always With You

INTRO
(Acoustic guitar fingerpicking into bajo sexto and accordion)

VERSE 1 — ENGLISH (Country Singer)
I still wake up reaching for the other side of the bed
Still pour two cups of coffee, old habits in my head
Miles between us don’t change what my heart knows is true
There ain’t a single morning I don’t start it thinking of you

VERSE 1 — SPANISH (Norteño Singer)
Me siento en el portal donde tú siempre te sentabas
Veo el sol que se mete como tú siempre lo mirabas
La distancia es un río que no puedo cruzar
Pero mi amor por ti, mi cielo, nunca va a parar
I sit on the porch where you always used to sit
I watch the sun go down just like you always did
The distance is a river I can’t seem to cross
But my love for you, my heaven, is a love I’ll never lost

CHORUS — TOGETHER
Country: Te prometo, mi amor (with a warm Texas twang)
I’ll be right here when the cold wind blows
Norteño: And when the night gets long and the longing grows
Both: I’ll leave the light on, baby, wherever you go
No matter how far, you’re never gone from me
Siempre contigo — always with you I’ll be

VERSE 2 — ENGLISH (Country Singer)
I keep your picture by the window facing west
‘Cause that’s the direction where my heart still beats the best
The telephone don’t say enough of what I need to say
So I just whisper to the wind and hope it finds its way

VERSE 2 — SPANISH (Norteño Singer)
Guardo tus cartas en la cajita de madera
Con la foto de los dos y la rosa que era nuestra
No hay palabras pa’ decirte todo lo que siento aquí
Pero cada noche le rezo a Dios que me regrese a ti
I keep your letters in that little wooden box
Our photo and the rose that time forgot
There aren’t enough words for everything I feel
But every night I pray to God this distance starts to heal

BRIDGE — BOTH SINGERS
(Stripped down — just guitar and accordion trading softly)
Country: (with gentle twang)
Mi corazón, no llores más… I’m on my way back home
Norteño: Y yo te juro, vida mía, que nunca más te dejo sola
And I swear to you, my life, I’ll never leave you alone
Both: Two hearts, dos almas… across every mile
We’ve been holding on so long, just hold on a little while

FINAL CHORUS — TOGETHER
(Fuller, both voices fully intertwined)
Country: Te prometo, mi amor
I’ll be right here when the cold wind blows
Norteño: When the night gets long and the longing grows
Both: I’ll leave the light on, baby, wherever you go
No matter how far, you’re never gone from me
Siempre contigo…
(slowing)
Always with you…
I’ll be

OUTRO
(Bajo sexto and acoustic guitar fading like a long road home)
Country: (softly)
Siempre contigo…
Norteño: (answering)
Always with you…
(Silence)

Duo- country and Norteno Spanish singer, conjunto, country, love, melancholy, sad, always together, classic, mariachi