I'm an Island

I came down here a year ago

I sold it all and bought this boat just to get away

I took you at your word that night

When you said get out of my life

I left, you stayed

I'll forget you, at least I'll try to

Time to move on 'cause that's what I do

I'm my own man, I'm an island

Nobody tells me what to do

But I can't get away from you

In this ocean of your memory

Wave by wave, it crashes in

And tears me down again

I'm an island

The sun sets on another day

I sit and drink and waste away in this old beach town

Everybody here is so laid back

I pretend to be like that

But every song still reminds me what's behind me

I gotta get some place where you can't find me

'Cause I'm my own man, I'm an island

Nobody tells me what to do

But I can't get away from you

In this ocean of your memory

Wave by wave, it crashes in

And tears me down again

I've been stranded for a while

Girl, my biggest fear

Is I could sail a million miles and I'd still be right here

I'm my own man, I'm an island

Nobody tells me what to do

But there's no getting over you

In this ocean of your memory

Wave by wave, it crashes in

And tears me down again

I'm an island

I came down here a year ago

I sold it all and bought this boat just to get away