When i went to your town on the wide open shore
oh i must confess, i was drawn, i was drawn to the ocean
i thought it spoke to me, it said, andquot;look at us,
weand're not churches, not schools, not skating ponds, swimming pools
and we have lost people, havenand't we though?andquot;
oh, thatand's what the ocean can know of a body
and thatand's when i came back to town, this town is a song about you
you donand't know how lucky you are, you donand't know how much i adore you
you are the welcoming back from the ocean.
I went back to the ocean today
with my books and my papers i went to the rocks by the ocean
but the weather changed quickly, oh the ocean said
andquot;what are you trying to find, i donand't care, iand'm not kind
iand've bludgeoned your sailors, iand've spat out their keepsakes
oh itand's ashes to ashes, but always the ocean,andquot;
but the ocean canand't come to this town, this town is a song about you
you donand't know how lucky you are, you donand't know how much i adore you
you are the welcoming back from the ocean.
And the ones that can know you so well are the ones that can swallow you whole.
i have a good and i have an evil, i thought the ocean, the ocean thought nothing
you are the welcoming back from the ocean.
I didnand't go back today
i wanted to sho wyou that i was more land than water
i went to pick flowers i brought them to you
look at me, look at them, with their salt up the stem
but you frowned when i smiled and i tried to arrange them
you said, andquot;let me tell you the song of this townandquot;
you said, andquot;everything closes at five. after that, well, you just got the bars
you donand't know how precious you are, walking around with your little shoes dangling
i am the one who lives with the ocean.
Itand's where we came from, you know, and sometimes i just want to go back
after a day, we drink til weand're drowning, walk to the ocean, wade in with our workboots
wade in our workboots, try to finish the job.
you donand't know how precious you are, i am the one who lives with the ocean
you donand't know how i am the one. you donand't know how i am the one.andquot;
