[Intro]
Bb F C
[Verse 1]
C Bb
I cant get the sand out of my shoes
Am C
This being in Florida's done a number on my blues
C Bb
Just the way the women walk round here
Am C
Its plain to see the way the sand and the sea have done a number on me
Bb F C
And the sky is threatening black and gray and the sun is a festering red
Bb F C
And her head is claiming her stats ; she ain't yet risen from bed
Bb F C
So breakfast again delayed, postponed, I won't be fed
[Verse 2]
C Bb
The surf has swallowed him up, he's a memory now
Am C
And the water's warmer than it has been in weeks
C Bb
Grandma lives just down the road, she's making supper for me tonight
Am C
She's been nice to me since '73 when her sun lost his lights
Bb F C
And now his ghost is a rising host above the briny blur
Bb F C
I would that soon some maid would swoon and his soul would capture her
Bb F C
He's still a fine kid, what with all that he did, he's a fan of mine
[Verse 3]
C Bb
I wasn't planning to spend so long in town
Am C
But the break in the weather has got the partner down
C Bb
She won't get out, she's shotgun, seems she's sewn to the seat
Am C
It's a dirty old trick that I've yet to lick and she's yet to beat
Bb F C
You can see it in her eyes, she was born unwise, she was born for me
Bb F C
If she mourns too long I'll know something's wrong and I'll leave her be
Bb F C
You can tell by his shoes he was born to lose, he was born for me