West Palm Beach

Lyrics for West Palm Beach

Yeah, I can't get the sand out of my shoes Being in Florida's done a number on my boots Just the way the women they walk 'round here You see it's plain as day the sun and sand have done a number on me But the sky is threatening black and grey And the sea it's a festering red You see it in her eyes she's laid up She ain't going nowhere So breakfast again postponed 'til later won't be fair Yeah, the surface swallowed him up He's a memory now And the water is warmer than it has been for weeks His granddad lives just down the road She's making supper for me tonight She's been nice to me since '73 When her son lost his life Oh, but now his ghost is rising above the briny blue And you would assume some maid would have made the grade And then his soul captured her And then he's still a fine kid after all he did He's a friend of mine Man, I was not expecting to spend so long in town But the breaking weather's really got my spirits down And she can't get up, she's shotgun Seems she's sworn to the sea And it's a journey all tick that I'm yet to lick And she's yet to be And you see it in her eyes she was born white She was born free Yeah, you see it in her eyes she was born to lose She was born like me Yeah, you see it in her eyes she was born all white She was born free