Sandy Cove - Jimmy Webb

Out by Sandy Cove

I thought about my life

A lot about my children

And a lot about my wife

About my Mom’s old accordion

And all the other things I’ve lost

Like grandpa’s ship in a bottle

And I wondered what it would costs

Cause I would pay a sultan’s ransom

If only I could place

The ship back in the bottle

Or see my mother’s face

Out by Sandy Cove

Starting on a song

I knew I’d never finish

Cause nobody lives that long

So many things unfinished

Before they are begun

Like grandpa’s ship in a bottle

We’ll sail out to oblivion

And where does all the love we lose go?

It seems like such a crime

It’s like grandpa’s ship in a bottle

It disappears in time

If I could do no work

There’d be some changes made

I’d paint with vibrant colors

And I’d stay out of the shade

I’d make everybody happy

With the lessons I have learned

I might not have found the joy in life

But I’d leave no stone unturned

I’d leave no stone unturned

Out by Sandy Cove

Just a mile beyond the strand

There stands an ancient tower

On a rocky point of land

I feel just like that tower

Like nothing lives inside of me

And I don’t know why I’m empty

Or why I’m standing by this sea

But I got cracks in all my mortar

I got holes in all my bricks

And it’s like grandpa’s ship in a bottle

It’s something I can’t fix

All my fancy tricks

It’s something I can’t fix