The Ocean

[Verse 1]
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
I thought it said, "Look at us
We're not churches, not schools
Not skating ponds, swimming pools
Oh, we have lost people, haven't we though?"
That's what a body can know of the ocean

[Pre-Chorus]
And that's when I came back to town
This town is a song about you

[Chorus]
You don't know how lucky you are
You don't know how much I adore you
You are the welcoming back from the ocean

[Verse 2]
I went back to the ocean today
With my books and my paintings I went to the rocks by the ocean
But the weather changed quickly
Oh, thе ocean said, "What are you trying to find?
I don't care, I'm not kind
I'vе bludgeoned your sailors
Spat out their keepsakes
This is ashes to ashes, but always the ocean"

[Pre-Chorus]
And the ocean won't come to this town
You know this town is a song about you

[Chorus]
You don't know how lucky you are
You don't know how much I adore you
You are the welcoming back from the ocean

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[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah the ones that can know you so well
Are the ones that can swallow you whole

[Chorus]
I have a good, I have an evil
I thought the ocean, the ocean thought nothing
You are the welcoming back from the ocean

[Verse 3]
I didn't go back today
For I wanted to show you that I was more land than water
I went to pick flowers
And I brought them to you
Look at me, look at them, and the salt on the stem
But you frowned when I smiled and I tried to arrange them
You said, "Let me tell you the song of this town"

[Pre-Chorus]
You said, "Everything closes at five
After that, well you just got the bars"

[Chorus]
"You don't know how precious you are
You're walking around with those little shoes dangling
I am the one who lives with this ocean"

[Pre-Chorus]
"It's where we came from, you know
And sometimes I just want to go back"

[Chorus]
"'Cause after a day, we drink 'til we're drowning
We walk to the ocean, we wade in with our workboots
We wade in our workboots 'cause we gotta finish the job
You don't know how precious you are
I am the one who lives with this ocean
You don't know how but I am the one
You don't know how but I am the one
I am the one"

[Outro]
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