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Porch Kitty

By DenaWoods on January 18, 2026 9:35 pm

This is an old song (never recorded) that I wrote for my partner. Our home and life together has offered me more safety and support than I've ever had in my life, so that's what this one's about. *The cat on our porch is our neighbor's cat. He likes to hang out at our house all the time so he's become our buddy. The cat in the recording is actually our cat, Magic, and she lives inside with us and is the best good girl.

Lyrics:
Our house sits on a hill
From the river you can see where we live
On the outside you can hear us so loud
We are playing to fill it with sound

There's a cat on our porch and he thinks he is ours
There's a cat on our porch and he thinks he's ours

On the inside you are waiting for me
And you give me all I need
I will stay, plant my seeds in our yard
I am learning love's not so hard

There's a cat on our porch and he thinks he is ours
There's a cat on our porch, we pretend he is ours
There's a cat on our porch and we think, we think he's ours


is there sometimes a dear too maybe?

i love how you recorded your vocals on this track
you sound so strong and happy & the way it's recorded/perfomed draws you right into the space in a nice cozy way - please pass my reguards to that sweet partner of yours heart & hugs to you both

Awwww…great kitties! And a great voice too! First song on my WB playlist this week and it was a great way to start. Rolled right into Machine Gun Ibiza‘s song and the vibe worked so well together that I had to look to see if you had just switched to a second section.

ah this is so lovely, Dena.
i agree w/ emily - yr vocals sound fantastic.
the cats vocals were a little pitchy, but what can you do...  wink

I will stay, plant my seeds in our yard
I am learning love's not so hard

tears in my eyes...

Dena it's beautiful ! your vocals sound so clean and crisp too, it's a lovely song heart

i think you're the cats chosen family ^.^

Such a sweet tune! I know I'm repeating what everyone else is saying but your vocals sound great.

hahah, nice! hope that kitty has a good home

Love the melodies. It's really lyrically effective how talking about the cat wanting to be "ours" paints that picture of that security and serenity you mentioned. Great job.

This is beautiful! Your vocals are so wonderful! The lyrics really paint such a vivid picture of what home means to you.

Also Magic did a really good job can you please tell her for me!

This is by far the bestest and cutest song and it finally got recorded.
Also, you definitely belong to that cat.
- Spider

emily wrote:


is there sometimes a dear too maybe?

i love how you recorded your vocals on this track
you sound so strong and happy & the way it's recorded/perfomed draws you right into the space in a nice cozy way - please pass my reguards to that sweet partner of yours heart & hugs to you both


Thank you smile There are deer here from time to time! I will pass that along to K.

gunnbr wrote:

Awwww…great kitties! And a great voice too! First song on my WB playlist this week and it was a great way to start. Rolled right into Machine Gun Ibiza‘s song and the vibe worked so well together that I had to look to see if you had just switched to a second section.

Thank you so much, and now I'm going to check out Machine Gun Iizas's song!

jwh wrote:

ah this is so lovely, Dena.
i agree w/ emily - yr vocals sound fantastic.
the cats vocals were a little pitchy, but what can you do...  wink

I will stay, plant my seeds in our yard
I am learning love's not so hard

Thank you!
I think the cat was going for like a Bob Dylan vibe smile
It took me a while to learn that lesson, grateful K was patient enough with me so I could learn it.

tears in my eyes...


MaisieMarra wrote:

Dena it's beautiful ! your vocals sound so clean and crisp too, it's a lovely song heart

i think you're the cats chosen family ^.^

Thank you!
The cat is basically the star of the neighborhood, we are lucky he likes to hang out with us sometimes smile

ecso wrote:

Such a sweet tune! I know I'm repeating what everyone else is saying but your vocals sound great.

Thank you friend!

MoreMistakes wrote:

hahah, nice! hope that kitty has a good home


Thank you! Yep he does, we are lucky we get to be buddies with him.

blighters_rock wrote:

Love the melodies. It's really lyrically effective how talking about the cat wanting to be "ours" paints that picture of that security and serenity you mentioned. Great job.

Thank you so much!

Tom Foolery wrote:

This is beautiful! Your vocals are so wonderful! The lyrics really paint such a vivid picture of what home means to you.

Also Magic did a really good job can you please tell her for me!

Thank you so much! I will definitely tell her she did a good job smile

DESLRV wrote:

This is by far the bestest and cutest song and it finally got recorded.
Also, you definitely belong to that cat.
- Spider

Thank you so much! Yeah he's our bud smile

Dang, this is really nice. I'll definitely be following your tracks this year smile

yay kitties! love the cat-interludes.  such an uplifting song with catchy melodies. now i need to hug my backyard buddies heart

Beautifully captures that feeling of safe contentedness that *everyone* deserves.

Sodabelly wrote:

Dang, this is really nice. I'll definitely be following your tracks this year smile

Thank you so much! I am really loving your most recent song, and look forward to following you this year as well.

Tone Matrix wrote:

yay kitties! love the cat-interludes.  such an uplifting song with catchy melodies. now i need to hug my backyard buddies heart

Thank you! Yay, backyard buddies are the best!

ModuLoBro wrote:

Beautifully captures that feeling of safe contentedness that *everyone* deserves.


Thank you. You are 100% right, everyone deserves that feeling.

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