Sing me home Malagueña

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Moon hangs low on the harbor

The fishermen sleep

My guitar leans on the doorway

And the strings begin to weep

I count the hours till morning

I count the boats on the tide

My mother calls from the kitchen

But I've got nowhere to hide

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The wind knows my name

Malagueña

Malagueña

It calls me the same

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Verse 2

My father worked the white houses

His hands cracked and brown

He'd hum a tune from the old country

As the sun went down

I left him there by the water

I left my shoes on the sand

I chased a road full of strangers

With a guitar in my hand

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The road turns to stone

Malagueña

Malagueña

I walk it alone

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Bridge

Play it slow

Play it slow

Let the fingers find the sorrow

Let the strangers come and go

Play it slow

Play it slow

Every string a little river

Every river runs below

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Now the candles are burning

On a table set for two

But the chair across is empty

Like it's always been blue

I still hear her in the hallway

I still taste the summer wine

Malagueña you remember

Every heart you left behind

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The night is so long

Malagueña

Malagueña

You carry my song

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Guitar Solo

Verse 4

The tide comes in at midnight

And it takes what it will take

I hear the shutters knocking

And I lie here wide awake

There's a light across the water

From a window I once knew

And the woman in that window

Sings the song I gave to you

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The salt on my skin

Malagueña

Malagueña

Won't let the night in

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Post-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Guitar Solo

Bridge 2

Take me down

Take me down

To the plaza where they gather

To the bells of the old town

Take me down

Take me down

I will trade this road for nothing

I will trade it for a crown

Verse 5

My brother writes me letters

In a hand I hardly know

He says the white houses are standing

He says the children grow

He says come home for the season

He says the door is always wide

And I fold the page in quarters

And I keep it warm inside

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The years roll away

Malagueña

Malagueña

I'm coming some day

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Post-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Guitar Solo

Verse 6

So I'll pack up my guitar

And I'll leave before the dawn

Past the market and the chapel

Past the fields of yellow corn

And I'll walk the last few miles

With the harbor in my sight

And I'll find my father's doorway

And I'll sit there in the light

Pre-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

The road leads me true

Malagueña

Malagueña

I'm coming to you

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Chorus

Sing me home Malagueña

Where the olive trees lean

Sing me home Malagueña

To the coast I have seen

Sing me home Malagueña

Let the old guitar ring

Sing me home Malagueña

Till the morning birds sing

Post-Chorus

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Malagueña

Outro

Play it slow

Play it slow

Let the fingers find the sorrow

Let the strangers come and go

Play it slow

Play it slow

Every string a little river