Sea Breeze

We walked along the Beach, Sandy heat on our burning feet, We tasted the salty spray. We walked along the Beach, Looking eastward where the tankers spill, And tasted the salty spray. We walked along the Beach The humidity would never stop, it set us free. Waiting for the weekend meet, It’s dragging on—you see, that salt was in our veins, dripping on the shore. [Chorus] Oh-oh-oh! Now I’ve lost the days to grey, Lives floating in the summer heat, Running down the street. Oh-oh-oh! Brother You stood by me on the pier, Now and again, I fade into the fear. Hey, what did we know? Burning Buses sleep. What was the cost? Jobs to keep. When the black smoke rose? Rubber bullets deep. When the townships burned and the sirens blue, And the unrest grew—whoo. Yeah, check it They gave us rifles, boy, They gave us rifles and told us "walk in-line"—ugh. They drew the lines in sand, boy, They drew the lines and told us "you be fine"—whoo. Now I remember yellow vans, Patrolling slowly past the rickshaw stands with their empty beer cans, The papers that we took, the things we didn't steal, Eating quarter-bunnies and drinking coke just to have a meal—whoa. Yet we craved only the ocean, ah, we craved only the ocean. We’d catch the wave, beneath the warm sun Safe behind walls, whisper "what`s that noise, do you think she`s fine?" I was foolish, I was foolish, I was foolish. Oh-oh-oh! Now I’ve lost the days to grey, Lives floating in the summer heat, Running down the street. Oh-oh-oh! Brother You stood by me on the pier, Now and again, I fade into the fear. Oh-oh-oh! Now I’ve lost the days to grey, Lives floating in the summer heat, Running down the street. Oh-oh-oh! Brother You stood by me on the pier, Now and again, I fade into the fear. Yeah, check it I’m seeing ghosts of friends in the neon lights, trying to slow down Addington sands, yeah, and little big tops Why does it seem so faded? I long to feel certain—no. The city grew in countless ways. And memory deceives us—oh why, why, why. The years just leave us— too soon, soon, soon. Cast a glow upon it— for you, you, you. One day, I'll land back on that spot Now I’ve lost the days to grey, Lives floating in the summer heat, Running down the street. Brother You stood by me on the pier, Now and again, I jump into the fear. Oh-oh-oh! Now I’ve lost the days to grey, Lives floating in the summer heat, Running down the street. Oh-oh-oh! Brother You stood by me on the pier, Now and again, I jump into the fear.