The Lee Shore
by David Crosby
from the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album "4 Way Street"


Wheel gull spin and glide ... you've got no place to hide
'Cause you don't need one


All along the Lee shore
Shells lie scattered in the sand

Winking up like shining eyes, at me
From the sea


Here is one like sunrise
It's older than you know
It's still lying there where some careless wave

Forgot it long ago

When I awoke this morning

I dove beneath my floating home
Down below her graceful side in the turning tide
To watch the sea fish roam


There I heard a story
From the sailors of the Sandra Marie

There's another island a day's run away from here
And it's empty and free


From here to Venezuela
There's nothing more to see
Than a hundred thousand islands

flung like jewels upon the sea
For you and me


Sunset smells of dinner
Women are calling at me to end my tales
But perhaps I'll see you, the next quiet place

I furl my sails