[Verse 1]

Foolish pride washes over me

Like the breakers through the sands

Faces walk in front of me

making small talk

In a language I don’t understand

The sky opens up and bleeds bright red

In the morning when it comes

Old battles fought on city streets

Echo like forgotten drums

[Chorus]

Oh Callie, your heart’s still burning

Like the sun off the rocks

on the edge of the sea

Every tide that turns is learning

How to take what it can’t keep

The bells are calling softly, darling

But maybe they don’t call for me

So tell me, God, is it time to leave Cádiz?

[Verse 2]

Strange men from a strange land

Stroll through markets by the coast

Young men from Morocco

Dying in their boats

Their faces hard, their skin is gold

Smiles easy to let them know

Passing cars like movie stars

Along the silver screen below

Gone too soon without a sound

Just an echo in the glow

[Bridge]

Levantine breeze from across the straits

Crawls through Andalusian plains

Green hills hum like whispered prayers

White villas sleep beneath the rain

And the grapes wait patient to be wine—

Like I wait for peace of mind

[Verse 3]

Markets move with a fleeting pace

In the old city streets

Blinded by their ancient walls

I looked for weeks just to find my feet

Old men reading earnest books

Watch from cafés in the shade

Their eyes ask quiet questions

No language could translate

[Chorus]

Oh Callie, your soul’s been turning

Like a dancer lost at sea

Every step you take keeps learning

How to fall and still believe

The voices hum in Spanish twilight

“Quedate, don’t ever leave”

But maybe it’s my time—

My time to leave Cádiz

[Outro]

The harbor hums beneath the moon

The city sighs and sways

A thousand stories whisper through

The salt and the decay

And though my heart is heavy still,

It’s lighter than it used to be

Maybe finding love means losing

What was never meant for me

So I turn my face toward the sea—

Callie’s time to leave Cádiz.