Stay Until the Kettle's Cold

[Verse 1]
You left your blue coat by the door
Salt dried in a pale line at the cuff
The kettle clicks; the gulls cry once
Beyond the dunes, the tide turns slow

[Chorus]
Stay a little while with me
Let the sea wind find its way
Through the open kitchen window
As the afternoon slips away

[Verse 2]
Your mug is warm against my hands
A postcard curls beside the bread
We name the boats beyond the point
And let the quiet say the rest

[Chorus]
Stay a little while with me
Let the sea wind find its way
Through the open kitchen window
As the afternoon slips away

[Outro]
When the last pale sail is gone
Stay until the kettle’s cold