LYRICS GOING COASTAL

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GOING COASTAL Drinking cold beer in the hot summer sun / Been working too hard, got to have a little fun / Sitting in the sand, kicking off my shoes / Think I found the answer to the first world blues / The water's so blue and the beach is so white / A pretty little girl sitting by my side / Lovely long hair and a body so tan / Darling I ain't ever going back again / Some folks just lose their heads / Some go insane and some go postal / Call it what you want to / But me I'm going coastal

Back at home the boss is calling on the phone / But the answering machine says nobody home / But he don't know I'm working overtime / On a bottle of tequila and some tropical wine / You can blame it on the sunshine / But life down here gets a little bit loco / You can say I've lost my mind / But me I'm going coastal

Got that reggae fever in my soul / Putting my brain on cruise control / Rub a little lotion baby on my skin / Tell me that the party ain't never gonna end / You hear it all around you now / Sounds like this whole world's going postal / You can say I've lost it girl / But me I'm going coastal / Let ‘em all go crazy now / Me I'm going coastal

UNCHARTED COURSES Stars illuminate this big old world around me / And somehow from a thousand miles away your memory found me / In a distant place where we once used to roam / It doesn't seem that long ago / Sails shining like diamonds in the moonlight / So brightly, like phosphorescent dreams they slip into the night / The waves are rolling gently across the bay / Close my eyes and let the wind blow me away

CHORUS Out to you and me sailing uncharted courses / Running free just like wild horses / Racing through the fields of clear blue water / Riding like the wind across the sea / It was you and me

Songs are playing in my head just like a radio / Do you recall dancing to the wind over on that sandy shore / We sat and watched the sun fall from the sky / And for a moment forgot about the world we left behind / REPEAT CHORUS

But sometimes dreams get washed away like footprints in the sand / They were dreams that led you out there / And then brought you back again / And I wonder where you are right now and what we might have been / ‘Cause sometimes I swear I can hear your voice still rifting on the wind / You and me sailing uncharted courses / Running free just like wild horses / Racing through the fields of clear blue water / Riding like the wind across the sea / It was you and me / But now that's history

SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF SOMEWHERE Down at the bay they’re jumping today/ There’s a fisherman out on a boat / He throws out his net and hauls up his catch/ And heads back to the sandy shore / To a house by the dock with a door that don’t lock / Where there’s music on the radio / It won’t take too long he’ll be singing a song / And cooking on an open stove / No there ain’t such thing as the blue sky blues / At least they never happen to me / It’s never been a mystery what keeps me coming back / It’s the beaches and boats, the pirates and poets that got me hangin’ round down here / Somewhere south of somewhere / Somewhere south of somewhere

In colors so bright and dresses so tight I see ladies walking down the street / Lovers romancing, barefoot and dancing / Grooving to a tropic beat / In this sea of confusion I kick off my shoes and catch her looking back at me / She flashes a smile, we laugh for a while til she says you wanna dance with me /
It’s the tropical sun, it’s a midnight run to an island or a distant shore / That keeps me coming back for more time and time again / It’s the tacos and rice, the salsa and spice / The smell of the sea in the air / Somewhere south of somewhere / Somewhere south of somewhere

And the palm trees are swaying like dancers moving to the sound of the wind / No there ain't such thing as the blue sky blues / At least they never happen to me / It's never been a mystery what keeps me coming back / It's the beaches and boats, the pirates and poets that got me hangin' round down here / Think I'll have anothe beer / Somewhere south of somewhere / Somewhere south of somewhere

THEN YOU CAME ALONG Nobody around / It's just you and me / But there's something going on / And it's no mystery / It's the sound of two hearts beating like thunder tonight / There are so many things I've been wanting to tell you / But something always happens and I say oh what the hell / You'd probably think I'm crazy / But it looks like the time might be right / So hand me my guitar and I'll play for you what I could never say

CHORUS I don't need a reason or rhyme, Just one moment with you / To turn my world upside down and make me act like a fool / They always tell me how the best ones are all gone / I thought that was true / Then you came along

So there it is / You've heard it all before / But these ain't lines from a stranger looking to score / I've been waiting for so long / Now I want to see beyond those eyes / Maybe it's the moon or something in the air / Or maybe it's the wine going to my head / But I'm gonna take your hand / Gonna lay here in the sand right by your side / So tell me that it's fine with you / And I'll hold you like lovers do / REPEAT CHORUS

THERE'S ALWAYS MANANA No time for siesta / A tropical fiesta / Won't someone please help me off the floor / Pretty senorita drinking margaritas / Otra cerveza por favor

CHORUS There's always manana / There's always manana / I know I should be leaving / But there's always manana / For me to go home

Someone shouts arriba / A bottle of tequila / Another shot and I'll be feeling right / The telephone is ringing / But everybody's singing / Somewhere south of somewhere on a Saturday night / REPEAT CHORUS

‘Cause there ain't no boat and there ain't no plane / Can't hop a bus and you can't board a train / Your credit card is maxed and your money's all gone / So have another drink and keep singing this song / REPEAT CHORUS

BLUE BLUE WATER Standing on the beach, just eight years old / Looking out and wondering where she goes / Does she stretch out forever or end at a distant shore / Was she ever gonna take me there / Was I ever gonna go / Blue, blue water / I felt her reaching out to me / Blue, blue water / Though I was just a boy back then / Something told me I'd be back again / Just to let those waves roll me across the sea

A pretty good job and a college degree / Thought that business was the life for me / But I guess I just went crazy / Or maybe I went sane / ‘Cause something deep inside kept pulling me away / Back to blue, blue water / Somehow calling out my name / Blue, blue water / It didn't take me very long / I heard a voice and I was gone / And I knew this time, I wasn't gonna get away

I'd like to think she'll live on like this forever / So my kids someday can see what I have seen / Her beauty down below from her depths right to her shores / Her magic, her life, her mystery / And another shrimp boat heads on out to sea

The dolphins and the whales, they came along / I wonder if they hear me sing this song / And I think about those dreams / Back when I was just a kid / As we aim for the horizon / And an unknown world ahead /Blue, blue water / Must be running through my veins / Blue, blue water / Straight to the heart of me / Now it's become a part of me / And I know I'm never ever gonna be the same / Blue, blue water / All roads led me to blue, blue water / Couldn't leave her if I wanted to / Blue, blue water

MARIA Maria, you never liked the name and I believe you / When you say it just won't do / Maria, didn't think I'd ever find real love / Then there was you / But circumstances kept our dream from coming true / The kind of things that I just couldn't change / But Maria I still look into my mind and I see you from a thousand miles away / And I wonder if you even understand me and these words that I've been trying to say, Maria

Maria. been searching for a way that I could steal you / And bring you close to me / Don't you wish there was a way to erase the miles that lie between us / If only it was that easy / They say that I'm wasting all my time thinking about you / They tell me how some things ain't meant to be / But Maria, sometimes it's almost like I feel you holding on to me / And if only for a moment you just take my hand and release me from reality, Maria

So don't you get to thinking you're forgotten now / We're gonna be together someday soon / Maria, no you never liked the name and I believe you when you say it just won't do / ‘Cause I don't think I've ever heard a name that could describe someone as beautiful as you

 

SUNSET I was sitting on my front porch swing watching the sun go down / Thinking that there's still some things left to do while it was still around / Then the colors took me by surprise / I was suddenly so hypnotized / I let the worries of life pass me by / It was then and there that I realized

CHORUS That a sunset can be a beautiful thing / When you can learn to leave a few things undone and simply take the time to see / That a sunset can be a beautiful thing / When you can let go and learn to let it be

I was watching mama getting gray and daddy's strength began to fade / That's when I began to pray Lord please don't take them away / 'Cause I've still got so much left to learn / And I love my mom and daddy so / But this old world continues to turn / Mama said son I thought by now you'd know REPEAT CHORUS

Now I'm sitting on my front porch swing / Watching the sun go down / Thinking that there's still some things left to do while I'm still around / Then my life passes before my eyes / And I'm suddenly so hypnotized / Is it the colors of the painted skies / 'Cause I hear a voice on the other side / REPEAT CHORUS

 

HE ESPERADO TU AMOR Nina, mas bonita que nunca / Acercate a mi / Ni un segundo mas aguanto lejos de ti / Mira, ya paso tanto tiempo / Y como te sone / Aun con la distancia nunca yo te olvide / He esperado tu amor / Desde siempre he esperado tu amor / Anticipando el momento en que llegaras / Y por fin aqui estas / He esperado tu amor

Un sueno, eres tu como un sueno / Como una illusion / Cada secreto escondido en mi corazon / Dame una noche sin fin / Solo tu y yo / Perdidos en las sombras de passion / He esperado tu amor / Desde siempre he esperado tu amor / Anticipando el momento en que llegaras / Y por fin aqui estas / He esperado tu amor

Nina, te digo ya que te quiero / Y siempre te amare / Pegado a tu lado estare / He esperado tu amor / Desde siempre he esperado tu amor / Anticipando el momento en que llegaras / Y por fin aqui estas / He esperado tu amor

I've been waiting for you through a million lonely nights / I've been waiting for you / Wondering would you still be holding on / But somehow I must have known / I've been waiting for you / He esperado tu amor

 

AIN'T LOVE A BEACH The dolphins play and the seagulls fly / The fish start jumping and the pelicans dive / They're putting on a show for you and me / We've got front row seats at the edge of the sea / I still recall the first time that I met you / Here by the bay back in ninety two / You spoke a little English you learned in school / It didn't take long to fall in love with you / And I said sweet Anna Marie / Won't you go out with me / You smiled and said we'll see / Ain't love a beach

I kissed you on the shore one summer night / The tide was low and the moon was bright / I held you in my arms til the light of day / And knew that I'd given my heart away / You closed your eyes and I took your hand / Got down on my knee in the soft white sand / I knew that life would never be the same / The moment I said I want to change your name / I said sweet Anna Marie / Won't you marry me / I've been waiting so patiently / Ain't love a beach

The church bells rang in the old town square / All of our family and friends were there / Then we built a little house on that sandy shore / Heaven was just outside our door / Now we don't have much but we sure have fun / Living every day under golden sun / We dance across the water in the afternoon / On a little red boat it's a party of two / Clear blue water and a painted sky / The waves roll in and the days go by / Someday girl, I'll be old and gray / But I swear I ain't never gonna go away / ‘Cause I see sweet Anna Marie / Walking hand in hand with me / I'm as happy as a man can be / Ain't love a beach / I'm as happy as a man can be / Ain't love a beach

 

 

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