[Intro/Verse]
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[Verse 1]
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Here by the sea and sand
Nothing ever goes as planned,
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I just couldn't face going home
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It was just a drag on my own.
    Asus2
They finally threw me out
My mother got drunk on stout,               
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My dad couldn't stand on two feet,
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As he lectured about morality.
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Now I guess the families complete,        
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With me hanging round on the street
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Or here on the beach.


[Verse 2]
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The girl I love
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Is a perfect dresser,
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Wears every fashion
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Gets it to the tee.
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Heavens above, 
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I got to match her
    Fmaj9
She knows just how
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She wants her man to be
Leave it to me.


[Verse 3]
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My jacket's gonna be cut slim and checked
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Maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck
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I ride a G.S. scooter with my hair cut neat
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I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet.


[Verse 4]
C             Esus4
I see her dancing
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Across the ballroom
Fmaj9           Em
UV light making starshine
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Of her smile.
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I am the face,
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She has to know me,
    Fmaj9                   Em
I'm dressed up better than anyone
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Within a mile.


[Verse 5]
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So how come the other tickets look much better?
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Without a penny to spend they dress to the letter.
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How come the girls come on oh so cool
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Yet when you meet 'em, every one's a fool?


[Verse 6]
Asus2
Come sleep on the beach
Keep within my reach
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I just want to die with you near
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I'm feeling so high with you here.
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I'm wet and I'm cold
But thank God I ain't old
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Why didn't I say what I mean?
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I should have split home at fifteen

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There's a story that the grass is so green,
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What did I see?
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Where have I been?
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Nothing is planned, by the sea and the sand