Title: Pretty Girl (Croatia Nights)

Title: Pretty Girl (Croatia Nights)

Yeah…

This one for you, Denisse

Thought four months was short

But somehow it felt like a lifetime

Mi corazón todavía te busca

Met you on deployment, wasn’t lookin for love

Then God sent an angel from the skies above

You had me callin you pretty girl every day

Never thought I’d watch you slowly drift away

Long nights on the ship, talkin bout our dreams

You’d smile at me and nothing was as hard as it seemed

Everybody saw us laughin, but they never knew

How fast I started fallin every time I looked at you

Croatia nights still live inside my head

Walkin by the water while the sunset turned red

You looked so beautiful, darling that’s facts

Now all I got are memories that I can’t get back

And every time I hear your name I freeze

Cause you were the calm in the middle of seas

Four months on paper, but baby let’s be real

That kinda love was way too deep to heal

Qué pasó, pretty girl

Where’d we go wrong

You became my favorite place

Now you’re just a song

And I still hear your voice

When the night gets cold

Still holdin onto stories

That I’ll never let go

Denisse…

You chose William when I thought you’d choose me

Now I’m starin at the future that we’ll never be

I gave you my heart

Mi alma también

Now I’m watchin from a distance

Wonderin where I fit in

Pretty girl

I would’ve stayed through every storm and every wave

Now I’m left with all this love that I couldn’t save

Remember when life hit us harder than expected

That little dream we had got taken before it could be protected

A pain so deep that words could never explain

Two broken hearts standin together in the rain

Nobody knows what that did to me

Cause nobody knows what you meant to me

We carried that weight while the world moved on

Now I’m carryin memories while you’re gone

I still remember every laugh in Croatia

Every late-night walk made me wanna stay there

Just you and me

No pressure, no lies

Just your hand in mine underneath foreign skies

And maybe I should hate you

Maybe I should move on

But every time I try, your shadow holds on

Cause you weren’t just another girl

Nah, that’s the truth

You became a chapter of my life

That I’ll never lose

Mi corazón sangra por ti

And I swear I tried to let it be

You called me gingerbread

I’d laugh and pull you close

Now I’m talkin to memories

Like they’re ghosts

Pretty girl

Do you ever think of me

When you’re starin at the ocean

Or lookin at the sea

Do Croatia nights ever cross your mind

Or am I just a chapter that you left behind

Denisse…

I ain’t mad you chose the life you had before

I’m just hurt because I thought I was worth fightin for

You chose William

And maybe that’s okay

But a part of me died the day you walked away

Pretty girl

I still pray that you smile

Even if it ain’t with me

Even if it takes a while

Cause real love ain’t always meant to stay

Sometimes it’s two souls that drift away

So here’s my goodbye

Even if it never fully ends