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