A Dip in the Ocean

It's you and me on a beach

In 1998

Leaning into the breeze

From the willows

And rhythm and grace are reborn in this place

I'm assured the procedure is painless



The taxicab with no brakes

Around the mountain pass

Keep your head in your hands

If anybody asks

What you mean when you were picking a fight

You were only complimenting the waitress



Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water

Yeah, by the water

And I got a rental for an hour or two

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean



The waterfront is alight

With citronella flame

Tourists flashing the night

From the grottoes

And gathering now on the heel-worn planks

For a drunken promenade or a mambo



And lovers paddle a boat

On the molten bay

Veering into the reeds

On a ripple

And playing it cool in a bar by the pool

With a Caribbean Kiss Amaretto



Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water

Yeah, by the water

And I got a rental for an hour or two

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean



Get a load of the light in the trees

And the sweet decay on the maritime breeze

The sun's hitching on a weather balloon

And the heat off the tarmac

Burning a hole in a gold afternoon



Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water

Yeah, by the water

And I got a rental for an hour or two

And a bottle in a cooler

Maps and a big brown towel

It's a beater but today will do

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean