[Verse 1]
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Down by the bay, a man made of clay
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Dips his toes into the ocean, trying to wash himself away
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He jumps into the pond and he starts to dissolve
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And he dreams about the streams that bleed into the Amazon
[Pre-Chorus]
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If you are a boulder that never leaves the shore
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You'll get ground up into sand and tracked onto the floor
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Swept into a pile on someone's kitchen tile
[Chorus]
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These hurricanes have led my heart astray
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But maybe if I try my hardest, I'll finally chase the rainclouds all away
[Verse 2]
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I heard on the news that they keep finding shoes
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On the shores of Ecuador and no one knows what they should do
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They tried to give them away but there's more every day
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Ballet shoes in shades of blue and rubber boots and mary janes
[Pre-Chorus]
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If you have to get away, don't take a pleasure cruise
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Cause you might get swept away, and you'll lose your shoes
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They'll end up in a pile on some foreign isle
[Chorus]
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These hurricanes have led my heart astray
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But maybe if I try my hardest, I'll finally chase the rainclouds all away
[Pre-Chorus]
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In a couple years, the land will disappear under the ocean
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When that day is here, I'll pack a bathing suit and tanning lotion
[Bridge]
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I'll let the waves take me away
(In a couple years, the land will disappear under the ocean)
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I'll let the waves take me away
(When that day is here, I'll pack a bathing suit and tanning lotion)
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Away, away, away