Catalina

When I was a baby, mama put me on her knee
Said we lost your daddy, out to the lonesome sea
We’d go down at sunset, I’d smell daddy on the breeze
Gathered all the seashells that crawled from the lonesome sea

I left home too early, mama didn’t make a sound
Her new man was the devil, didn’t want me around
I put my thumb to the highway, I got a ride eventually
We drove off and said nothing, just stared at the lonesome sea

Made my way through the Yukon, Yukon ain’t no home
Just kept falling southward, running from daddy’s ghost
I wanted to keep it quiet, I knew what I’d need
Clean slate in the lower 48, far from the lonesome sea

I tried to be a good girl, good girl’s what I am
Some things you can run from, some things you can’t
Most days it was easy, didn’t even bother me
But even the smallest puddle smells like the lonesome sea

They pulled me out of flathead lake, said they saved me just in time
Thought I was crazy for swimming so far especially when they found out why
They put me in these four walls, four walls can’t hold me
We’ll be swimming together soon, out in the lonesome sea