It's you and me on a beach
In 1998
Leaning into the breeze

From the willows
And rhythm and grace are reborn in this place
I'm $$#ured the procedure is painless


The taxicab with no brakes
Around the mountain pass

Keep your head in your hands
If anybody asks
What you mean when you were picking a fight

You were only complimenting the waitress

Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water
Yeah, by the water
And I got a rental for an hour or two

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean

The waterfront is alight

With citronella flame
Tourists flashing the night
From the grottoes

And gathering now on the heel-worn planks
For a drunken promenade or a mambo


And lovers paddle a boat

On the molten bay

Veering into the reeds
On a ripple
And playing it cool in a bar by the pool

With a Caribbean Kiss Amaretto

Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water
Yeah, by the water
And I got a rental for an hour or two

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean

Get a load of the light in the trees

And the sweet decay on the maritime breeze
The sun's hitching on a weather balloon
And the heat off the tarmac

Burning a hole in a gold afternoon

Give us a room with a mountain view

A tiny cabana by the water
Yeah, by the water
And I got a rental for an hour or two

And a bottle in a cooler
Maps and a big brown towel
It's a beater but today will do

For a ride up the coast and a dip in the ocean