DOWN BY THE SEA
Chorus
See no
reason to leave peace by the sea
See no
reason to leave down by the sea
Daughter of
Hitler’s land
You showed
me the rocky path
Down to the
sea
You brought
peace to me
Down by the
sea
Chorus
Lady from a
forest home
Who knows
the joy of touching skin
Your man
there with the always grin
Smilin’ so
easily
Down by the
sea
Chorus
And those
from the midnight sun
Mid-life
crisis just begun
Young suitors
in tow
Down by the
sea
See no
reason to leave down by the sea
See no reason
to leave down by the sea
We’ll all meet
again some day
Maybe under
a southern sky
In the
Antipodes
Down by the
sea
And those
who call this island home
Turn to wine
to help them through
Too many
foreign mouths to feed
Sweet
bitterness
Down by the sea
Chorus
Patmos 1981
Commentary
Observations of various people met on Patmos. I remember playing
around with this while sitting on the sand right at the water’s edge at night.
The sound of the gentle lapping of waves made the perfect accompaniment to the
soft moody feeling of the song. Any recording would need to include such a
sound effect!
