In the sleepy town of San Juanita   There's a story that a padre tells   Of a gay Senor and Senorita   And the serenade of the bells      Seems they asked the padre for permission   To be married early in the spring   But their folks had made just one condition   That the mission bells had to ring      Every one knew the bells were broken   And hadn't sounded for a long, long time   Then one night, the village was astounded   For the bells began to chime      Still the bells are broken, goes the story   But if in your heart, a true love dwells   They will ring for you in all their glory   That's the serenade of the bells      Every one knew the bells were broken   And hadn't sounded for a long, long time   Then one night, the village was astounded   For the bells began to chime      Still the bells are broken, goes the story   But if in your heart, a true love dwells   They will ring for you in all their glory   That's the serenade of the bells