I am the captain and this is my shrine Lord of the manor, see what I leave behind River in flames, cities on fire Yes, I'm a relic trapped in the wire
Oh, the sun beats down And burns the tar up on the roof And your shoes get so hot You wish your tired feet were fireproof Under the boardwalk, down by
one of those big resort hotels. And nobody there will ever get to know me well. And nobody there will ever get to know me well. I'll be just another yellow beach
sick Attitude and vodka does the trick Somebody pour me a sex on the beach, sex on the beach I wanna have sex on the beach, sex on the beach I wanna
Some kind of nature Some kind of soul Some kind of mixture Some kind of gold Some kind of majesty Some chemical load Some kind of metal Made up from
I'm waving goodbye So I'll spread out my wings and fly Home is a boxcar and it's so far out of reach Hidden under umbrella beach Home will always be
so dismal Women all standing with shock on their faces Sad description, oh I was looking for you Everyone was singing, girl is washed up On Redondo beach
Pay day, you're a winner Pay day, you're a winner Keep cool, form a line Scared money, broke money Bow money, mo' money So sunny, cloud breaker Sound
Heartbreaker's beach party, yeah Heartbreaker's beach party, yeah We're gonna have a cookout We're gonna wear a mumus We're gonna have potato salad And
On the cloud of unknowing My world seems open Every satellite up here is watching But I was here from the very start Trying to find a way to your heart
know what happened then But I'm warning all you younger men On your way to Long Beach think again You can't afford to settle down in Long Beach I had
your mind (Sand bar in the bay) There's a beach Oh, I hope it's not out of reach It's very beautiful Come my little peach Together we'll go down to nude beach
gotta have my fun When the work is done down The Malibu Beach And when the winter is gone I won't stay for long Just turn the radio on down The Malibu Beach
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I've been in this town so long that back in the city I've been taken for lost and gone and unknown for a long long time Fell in love years ago with an
I, I love the colorful clothes she wears And on the way this sunlight plays upon her hair I hear the sound of a gentle word On the wind that lifts her
I've been in this town So long that back in the city I've been taken for lost and gone And unknown for a long long time Fell in love years ago With an
We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way (drum fill) We-de-de-de, de-de-de-de-de de, we-um-um-a-way A wimoweh, a-wimoweh a-wimoweh, a wimoweh A