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Slow on the Cobblestone

“Slow on the Cobblestone” is track 23 on Rob Matare's R&B album Keys Under the Mat, released October 9, 2026. R&B for everyone who built a house across the ocean: one suitcase, one empty chair and a key left under the mat for whoever comes home.

Rob MatareR&B4:10Home & Faith

“Slow on the Cobblestone” lyrics

Contigo (contigo)
Hold me close tonight
Contigo (contigo)
Everything feel right

Luna in the sky and the night still young
Your name like a song already sung
I don't speak it perfect but I speak it true
Mi corazón only beat for you
The nylon guitar and the dembow low
Take my hand, mamá, don't let go
Two languages meeting in a single kiss
Contigo, nothing feel like this
Streetlight buzzing on the old tiled square
Music drifting through the salt-sweet air
No pierdas el tiempo, come dance with me
Let the whole warm night set your body free
Under the streetlight, under the low
Contigo, don't let go
The whole barrio singing the old refrain
Voices drifting through the warm night rain
Nobody rushing, nobody alone
Just the sweet slow rhythm on the cobblestone
Contigo, baby, hold me close tonight
(contigo)
Bajo la luna on the cobblestone street
(contigo)
Dance with me slow on the cobblestone
Contigo, I'm never alone
(contigo)

Contigo (hold me close)
Contigo (coast to coast)
Two hearts beating on the cobblestone
Contigo, never alone

The old men playing dominó near the wall
Abuela on the balcony watching it all
The whole barrio warm in the summer air
And the only place I wanna be is there
With you here beside me and the night so sweet
And the dembow rolling down the crowded street
No translation needed for the way we move
Contigo, nothing left to prove
Abuelo tapping out the same old beat
On the domino table in the midday glare
No pierdas el tiempo, come dance with me
Let the whole warm night set your body free
Under the streetlight, under the low
Contigo, don't let go
The corner shop still selling the sweet cane juice
Same old sign hanging kind of loose
We share a cup in the fading light
Two straws, one cup, one warm night
Contigo, baby, hold me close tonight
(contigo)
Bajo la luna on the cobblestone street
(contigo)
Dance with me slow on the cobblestone
Contigo, I'm never alone
(contigo)

Contigo (hold me close)
Contigo (coast to coast)
Two hearts beating on the cobblestone
Contigo, never alone

No tengo mucho but I got my heart
Two working hands and a brand-new start
And a love that don't need the same first tongue
Just the same old moon and the same drum sung
So take my hand on the cobblestone
Contigo, we're home

(Contigo, hold me close)
(Baila, baila)
(Contigo, coast to coast)
Under the luna and the low guitar
Contigo, there you are
Dominó clacking on the old warm square
Hold me close in the salt-sweet air

Contigo (hold me close)
Contigo (coast to coast)
Two hearts beating on the cobblestone
Contigo, never alone

Contigo, baby, hold me close tonight
(contigo)
Bajo la luna on the cobblestone street
(contigo)
Dance with me slow on the cobblestone
Contigo, I'm never alone
(contigo)

Contigo (contigo)
Hold me close tonight
Contigo (contigo)
Everything feel right

Lyrics written by Rob Matare. Written by me • made with AI. Artist visuals are digitally created.

More from Keys Under the Mat

  1. 1Cardboard Castle3:59
  2. 2The Metronome4:14
  3. 3The Last Page Was Blank4:45
  4. 4One More Chorus5:39
  5. 5Keys Under the Mat5:34
  6. 6Steel in the Spine5:00
  7. 7Let the Light Stay4:50
  8. 8Hold the Floor3:49
  9. 9Zahra, You Left With the Moon4:17
  10. 10One Chair Empty3:11
  11. 11We Made It Right3:29
  12. 12Restart My Heart3:33
  13. 13Room for Joy3:34
  14. 14Built a House Across the Ocean3:48
  15. 15First Snow Video3:32
  16. 16Perfectly Unmade3:29
  17. 17Last Year's Sneakers3:49
  18. 18One Suitcase3:51
  19. 19Hair Grows Back3:11
  20. 20Can't Lie3:29
  21. 21Round We Go4:15
  22. 22Borderless3:00
  23. 24Number by Heart4:36

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