Shoreline Sunset

Lyrics and music by Paul Beach

Lookin deep into the blue of a cloudless sky

Memories become vivid; take me back to a time

When we strolled hand in hand down the boardwalk at Laguna

I feel I’m there again with her… the dream

Somethin ‘bout the waves tumblin’ into her sandy body

Sets my mind to her hypnotic gaze

I get a vision her sleek being; Mass of hair golden in the sun

She’s the shoreline sunset; her name is California,

… And I love her

My reality is this cold place, where I am a stranger

Long and lonely nights with nothing to do but dream; dream of her

One thousand miles lies between us now

But all my highways lead to her

I’ll be goin back to her someday

I can’t stay away too long

Standin on Venice strand gazin at her

The sunstreak on the ocean always points at me

She is but a spirit; the nightlife is her heartbeat

Summer is her essence; she’s the shoreline sunset

Her windy fingers run through my hair as we ride down PCH

And at night moonlight clothes her silky white beach

She has rhythm, no rhyme, no musical meter

But there’s method to her madness

… And I love her.