Down By The Sea (Album Version)-Strawbs

[ti:Down By The Sea (Album Version)] [ar:The Strawbs] [al:Bursting At The Seam] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Down By The Sea (Album Version) - The Strawbs [00:47.45]Maybe you think a lot like me [00:52.08] [00:53.70]Of those who live beside the sea [00:58.03] [00:59.75]Who feel so free so I surmise [01:05.43] [01:09.05]With their comfortable homes and wives [01:14.82] [01:15.64]Who end up drinking tea together [01:20.55] [01:21.79]In the afternoon of their lives [01:26.92] [01:40.28]They build their homes upon the seashore [01:43.74] [01:45.96]The quicksand castles of their dreams [01:48.89] [01:51.68]Yet take no notice of the North wind [01:55.22] [01:57.40]Which tears their building at the seams [02:00.43] [02:03.22]In their dismay and blind confusion [02:06.44] [02:08.87]The weeping widows clutch their shawls [02:12.14] [02:14.54]While as the sea mist ever deepens [02:17.82] [02:20.32]The sailors hear the sirens' calls [02:25.96] [02:40.27]And in the maelstrom sea which follows [02:43.52] [02:45.92]The lifeboat sinks without a trace [02:48.85] [02:51.85]And yet there still remain survivors [02:54.92] [02:57.25]To bear the shame of their disgrace [03:01.59] [03:11.66]Last night I lay in bed [03:13.95] [03:14.71]And held myself [03:16.65] [03:19.67]Trying to remember [03:21.67] [03:22.43]How it once was with you [03:25.04] [03:26.42]How your hands were softer [03:29.02] [03:32.15]Yesterday I found myself [03:34.34] [03:35.07]Staring into space [03:36.99] [03:39.72]Rather like the sailor [03:41.72] [03:42.41]In my own home surroundings [03:45.54] [03:46.61]I'm not sure I know me [03:49.36] [03:51.81]If you were me what would you do [03:54.52] [03:55.60]Don't tell me I don't need you to [03:58.58] [03:59.75]It won't help me now [04:03.04] [04:03.57]If you were me what would you do [04:05.94] [04:06.81]Don't tell me I don't need you to [04:09.81] [04:11.37]It won't help me now