Love Songs for Catalina

• Two Coats on a Bench

  Irish air · Irish · Whistle · Lilting

  A quiet, plain love song for anyone named Catalina, new love or old, built around the small warmth of sharing a cold night with someone.

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  Verse 1

  Smoke curls up past two heavy coats Left there warm from your shoulders and mine We don't need much, just this and the cold And your hand finding mine on the line

  Pre-chorus

  I've said less than I meant to say Held it close like a coat in the cold But it's rising now, it won't stay

  Chorus

  Catalina, I mean every word You're the warmth that the smoke can't hide Nothing said has ever come close to this Catalina, stay here by my side

  Verse 2

  You laugh and the whole night softens Even the wool coats seem to lean in I've loved plenty of quiet moments But none have felt quite like this one

  Pre-chorus

  I've said less than I meant to say Held it close like a coat in the cold But it's rising now, it won't stay

  Chorus

  Catalina, I mean every word You're the warmth that the smoke can't hide Nothing said has ever come close to this Catalina, stay here by my side

  Bridge

  No grand words, no clever line Just you, still here, still mine

  Chorus

  Catalina, I mean every word You're the warmth that the smoke can't hide Nothing said has ever come close to this Catalina, stay here by my side

  Outro

  The coats will hang there long after Catalina, you're the warmth I keep

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• Left Out in the Grass

  Blues slow dance · Blues · Guitar · Smoky

  A slow blues love song for Catalina, built around the small unfinished chore of a wheelbarrow left in the rain, and how easy it is to stay unfinished for someone you love.

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  Verse 1

  I left the work half done again Just to watch you standing in the rain Wet leaves stuck to the metal side But I was busy catching your eye

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing gets put away right Not when you're still here tonight Something in me won't let go

  Chorus

  Catalina, stay a while longer Every day with you makes me stronger I could leave the chores in the yard Loving you was never hard

  Verse 2

  Grass grew tall around the wheel I forgot the things I used to feel Then you came and everything slowed You're the only place I want to go

  Pre-chorus

  Nothing gets put away right Not when you're still here tonight Something in me won't let go

  Chorus

  Catalina, stay a while longer Every day with you makes me stronger I could leave the chores in the yard Loving you was never hard

  Bridge

  Let the rain come, let it pour I don't need the yard no more All I need is you right here Steady as this feeling, year to year

  Chorus

  Catalina, stay a while longer Every day with you makes me stronger I could leave the chores in the yard Loving you was never hard

  Outro

  The wheelbarrow can rust in the rain You're the only thing I keep the same

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• Under the Fluorescent Light

  Slow R&B · R&B · Electric piano · Smooth

  A quiet love song set in a waiting room, about the calm that comes from having one person beside you when everything else is grey.

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  Verse 1

  Rows of blue chairs, half of them empty You sat close enough our knees touched Nobody else in that whole building mattered I kept still so you'd stay resting

  Chorus

  Catalina, the light was ugly and cold Catalina, but your hand was all I could hold Nothing in that room was worth keeping Except you, and the way I was told

  Verse 2

  The floor threw back that white glow twice You laughed at something small and dumb I forgot why we were even sitting there Just glad it was you I came with

  Pre-chorus

  I've loved you in better rooms than this I've loved you dressed up and undone But something in this bare, hard light

  Chorus

  Catalina, the light was ugly and cold Catalina, but your hand was all I could hold Nothing in that room was worth keeping Except you, and the way I was told

  Bridge

  Strip it all back, take the colour away You're still the one thing I'd choose Give me the hum and the plastic chairs As long as I get to keep you

  Chorus

  Catalina, the light was ugly and cold Catalina, but your hand was all I could hold Nothing in that room was worth keeping Except you, and the way I was told

  Outro

  Somewhere there's still a row of blue chairs And you, still the best thing I've found there

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