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The Names of the Winds

from I Wanna Work For You by Alexa Weber Morales

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The Names of the Winds
Lyrics and music by Alexa Weber Morales © 2011 (BMI)

The Williwaw is blasting off from the mountains to the seas
Breathing through the Aleutians bearing vapors from the trees
Below the Ring of Fire Cordonazo strikes St. Francis
While the warm and sleepy Coromell returns the languid land’s kiss

I stand in this spot, feet forever pinned
While the air whirls endlessly above
Tell me all the names of the winds
Which one will blow me to my love?

Santa Ana feeds the fires, smoke pouring from her skirts
Chocolatero sweeps the Gulf in salty sugar spurts
Hot-blooded squalls lash out, Tehuentepecer malign
Dancing with Bayamo to a sweating drum in time

I stand in this spot, feet forever pinned
While the air whirls endlessly above
Tell me all the names of the winds
Whisper all the ways I’ll never know
Tell me all the names of the winds
Which one will blow me to my love?

Longingly the Etesian pines for the Mistral’s daughters
The Tramontana roils again Mediterranean waters
Over the swells Sirocco shells hot Saharan sand
Twisting sails, tossing ships from the courses that they’d planned

I stand in this spot, feet forever pinned
While the air whirls endlessly above
Tell me all the names of the winds
Whisper all the ways I’ll never know
Tell me all the names of the winds
Which one will blow me to my love?
Which one will blow me to my love?
Which one will blow me to my love?

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from I Wanna Work For You, released November 15, 2011
Arrangement: Alexa Weber Morales
Acoustic bass: Sam Bevan
Piano: Jonathan Alford

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Alexa Weber Morales Oakland, California

Since 2004, Oakland, Calif.-based multilingual (French, Spanish, Portuguese, English) songwriter Alexa Weber Morales has made 10 studio recordings, including 2 solo albums and a solo EP, From Me To Yule. In 2010, her vocals graced the Grammy-nominated latin jazz album Bien! Bien! In 2011, Alexa made her first all-original, fan-funded album, I Wanna Work For You. She loves to gig! ... more

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