I’m gonna live beside the ocean that’s where I’ll spend my twilight days

In a cottage near the shoreline where I’ll always hear the waves

For I was born beside the water and I was raised to know the tide

But now the yearning deep within me can no longer be denied

I can’t complain about the city it’s been my livelihood for years

Providing means to raise my family though not without some sweat and tears

I’m gonna take what I’ve got coming for a lifetime’s worth of toil

And from there on I’ll lay my table by the sea and from the soil

I can’t complain about the city it’s been my livelihood for years

Providing means to raise my family though not without some sweat and tears

This is a lovely place to visit but thirty years is just too long

I’m taking just the things I treasure and I’m going back where I belong

I was alone when I arrived here and now alone again I’ll leave

This circle cannot be completed until I’m home beside the sea

Hmm Hmm Hmm