Saw You At The Eastern Beach

Strolling through the motions

Toes grazing the safety rails

Songs of devotion

From down at the Sails Hotel

Oldboys chasing their grails

Just as dogs chase their tails

And the stars are just out of reach

But the petrochemical factory

Glitters like so many precious stones

Even through the bay windows

Of the quarter acre homes

Bathed in the golden glow

Everyone is on their own

crumbling boardwalk

Cruise ships are beached

Tempers are short

Pockets are long

Where did it all go so so so

Well, you know

Talk turns to youth

In a two team town

When the child's crying

Old friends keep lying to your face

Mugs are no longer buying

Once touched by heavenly grace

Eyes on the horizon

Cold feet in the sand

Party is dragging on

A lonely guest on borrowed land

But one thing a betting man knows

But one thing a betting man knows

Things can always look up

Things can always look up

Things always can look up

Every once in a while

When the signs align

When you're charging

Feels like birds flying in V

Gliding over glassy black peaks

Smooth as backstroke

Or are you drowning freestyle

Every once in a while

Saw you at the eastern beach

In the middle of the night

You don't know how to act

No, you don't know how to act

Saw you at the eastern beach

In the middle of the night

You don't know how to act

When the chips are stacked