Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins
Written while Mark Gane was working checking wallpaper for printing faults. Echo Beach is not a real place but a symbolic idea of where the narrator would rather be.
[Verse 1]
I know it's out of fashion
And a trifle uncool
But I can't help it
I'm a romantic fool
It's a habit of mine
To watch the sun go down
On Echo Beach, I watch the sun go down
[Chorus]
From nine to five, I have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
[Verse 2]
On a silent summer evening
The sky's alive with lights
A building in the distance
Surrealistic sight
On Echo Beach
Waves make the only sound
On Echo Beach
There's not a soul around
[Chorus]
From nine to five, I have to spend my time at work
My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk
The only thing that helps me pass the time away
Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach someday
[Outro]
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach, far away in time
Echo Beach was written by Mark Gane.
Echo Beach was produced by Mike Howlett.
Martha and the Muffins released Echo Beach on Fri Feb 08 1980.