The girl just stood there
As the summer rain began to fall
Sweetness in the rising air
Drawing all her breath
Sickness on her rising chest made me heave
And I just looked as she cried (on the beach)
Chorus
Why won't you come with me
I wait at the place where
The night lives, where the air drives
Why won't you come with me?
Sun traces shadows
Of wave-hands upon the lea
But I gave into the taste in my mouth
Turned my throat to the sky
And looking back eastways saw her standing there
Dark eyes and brooding
Like fishes holding the tide
And I moved as she smiled (on the beach)
Chorus
Oh will you come with me
At the place where the air drives
Where the night lives
Oh will you come with me
Listless we're no place
Drops on the harbor quay
On the beach...
On the beach...
On the beach...
credits
from On the Beach b/w Marchscape,
released April 25, 2014
Lyrics by Simon Le Bon based on his poem "Underneath the Clocktower". Used (unfortunately) without permission--I tried! Last two lines of each chorus by DN