From the recording Thrift Store Sorcerer
Lyrics
Here we are, just two early risers
Hand in hand when the sun breaks the horizon
She wants to know if the sunrise’s home
Is somewhere out under the sea
Well, we walk the beach, yeah, its full of surprises
She’s clutching seashells as if they were prizes
She’ll take them home to her mother’s breakfast tray
Serve them with coffee and cold toast
And this I know
Yeah, I swear it to be true
She’ll always be that girl on the beach to me
She wrote the rule book when she was just four
Her room where ladybugs lined all the walls
And the ladybug queen would sit down for tea
Explain the way the world worked to me
Things like, arms go in fist when you’re putting on a shirt
Tutu and cowboy boots, the tutu goes on first
How to make tea for a ladybug queen
That’s not too hot for Eeyore to drink
And this I know this I know
Yeah, I swear it to be true
She’ll always be that girl on the beach to me
Well, at sweet sixteen you know she’s like a walking tempest
Notes from teachers she brings home in conquest
But the ladybug queen will still sit down for tea
Explain the way the world works to me
One day soon I’ll carry boxes from a parked car
From then on ill watch from afar
as the ladybug leaves the nest on her own two wings
Flies without ever looking down
And this I know this I know
Yeah, I swear it to be true
She’ll always be that ladybug queen to me
That girl on the beach
That girl on the beach, yeah, to me
That girl on the beach
That’s only in my mind