09 Beach Life
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Beach Life
I wrote this the day after 'Stranded by the Tide' on Ngapali Beach... a rather different song though!
When Dave Stacey came to visit from Florida, he said 'get a bass in and we'll have a jam'. I got a bass in and made him play on this track instead, which gave it a nice country soft-rock feel. I then visited Roger Brawn in Normandy and got him to play along with the rough version, recording it outdoors (listen out for the swallows) on his little Tascam and mixing it in when I got home.
D(2) G D
When the wind’s coming at you like a drier at a hundred degrees
G D
And you’re feeling too lazy to look past the coconut trees
A G Bm
And if you could be bothered you’d wonder how the time has flown
D A D
It starts to get you thinking, maybe it’s time to go home
Well now I’ve walked along the beach to the north and I’ve walked to the south
You may say it’s beautiful well you’d take the very words from my mouth
And those sunsets, oh you’d swap them for all that you own
But when it all gets repetitious, maybe it’s time to go home
A G D
Beach life - ain’t all it’s cracked up to be
Bm A G D
I start to get bored with its soporifity
A C D
Beach life - It feels terrific for a day or so
Bm A G D
I know I’m far to speedy, I need to take things slow
Bm A G A
But if sweat makes my forehead beady then it’s getting time to go
Well the waves look inviting as they come in rolling over the sand
Just the kind of place to take a stroll with your love hand in hand
And though the magic of the moment can still move you deep to your bones
There’s a restlessness within that tells you it’s time to go home
Instrumental verse & final chorus
repeat verse 1
A G Bm
It starts to get you thinking, maybe it’s time to go home
D A D
It starts to get you thinking, maybe it’s time to go home