Paradise, lost and found Paradise, take a look around I was out in California where I hear they have it all They got riots, fires, mud slides They've got sushi in the mall Water bars, brontasaurs, chinese modern lust Shake and bake life with the quake The secret's in the crust

If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane If we weren't all crazy we would go insane

See the ships heading for the rocks See the time melting over the clocks There's a light shadows all The rocks that saves me It saves me

I mean I'm in no hurry To hustle and scurry There's so much to see And life ain't gonna Pass me by Tomorrow's right around the corner I'll get there somehow But I'm stuck in meantime And I Love The Now

Haul the sheet in as we ride on the wind That our forefathers harnessed before us Hear the bells ring as the tight rigging sings It's a son of a gun of a chorus

I've been too long on the mainland Hotels, rental cars, and phones Time to cast 'em aside, catch the very next tide And go BACK, where I belong Some of us sailors call her home She's big and she's strong and she's mighty…

Nobody works on Friday Thursday got a booster shot So what ya gonna do with all that time? I'm feelin' like a microdot Nobody works on Friday Prayin' for the sun to shine Hey, pretty mama, how 'bout the Bahamas? Conch fritters and red wine

Beaumont to Biloxi Sea breeze at your door Gypsy rings, dang hurricanes White silver sandy shore Blue Light lounge is shinin' Way out on the piers Makes it look just like stars on the water Just like stars on the water Just like stars on the water, when it rains

I enjoy this life as a jester Seems to keep me movin' around Like the wind that blows Tide that flows Have my ups and downs All a part of some strange plan I'm sure Start a new chapter each day Honey, love gets lost, time gets tossed 'Cause we've both got our own different ways

Now I've got a schoolboy heart, a novelist eye Stout sailor's legs and a license to fly I got a native tongue from way down South It sits in the cheek of my gulf coastal mouth

Where no bird flies by my window No ship is tied to my tree Love is a wave building to a crescendo Ride if you will, ride it with me Sing if you will, sing to the sea

Coffee is strong at the Cafe Du Monde Donuts are too hot to touch Just like a fool, when those sweet goodies cool I eat 'til I eat way too much 'Cause I'm livin' on things that excite me Be they pastry or lobster or love

I'm growing older but not up My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck Let those winds of change blow over my head I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

Thinkin’ back to Alabama Where a much younger version of me Stepped up to the Microphone And sang about his first palm tree Half a hour later Had that first 45 in my Hand From a sailor to a singer It’s a life I never had planned

I love the now, all the ranting and raving I love the now, all the cussin' and craving It's the only mess I've ever seen It's the only place where I know how

Drive in You guzzle gin Commit a little mortal sin It's good for the soul

Some of them go for the sailing Brought by the lure of the sea Tryin' to find what is ailing Living in the land of the free Some of them are running to lovers Leaving no forward address Some of them are running tons of ganja Some are running from the IRS

I want you to love me like my dog does, baby When I come home, want you to just go crazy She never looks at me like she might hate me I want you to love me like my dog

I really do appreciate the fact you're sittin' here, Your voice sounds so wonderful But yer face don't look too clear So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round o' brew Honey…

We act like crazy people Talking to ourselves Crashing cars in conversation Still that shit flies off the shelf The information superhighways Crawled up like a L.A. traffic jam Everybody's on the phone So connected and all alone…