There are windows on the water
Lighting up the silver strand
Shining on the sea

Shining on the sea

And the ocean's just a player

On an old piano
Who repeats one melody
Who repeats one melody


Chorus
I belong on the shore

Hustlin' nickels and dimes
'Cause it ain't long
Before it's gone

You might as well have a good time

Well the elbows of his jacket

Are blue and shiny
He's drunk and gone to seed
Drunk and gone to seed


And he mumbles as he plays
The only song he knows

It's the only song he knows
It's the only song he needs


Chorus
I belong on the shore
Hustlin' nickels and dimes

'Cause it ain't long
Before it's gone
You might as well have a good time


All his restless music
Don't mean a damn thing to me

The shallow or the deep
Said, the shallow or the deep


So if you're free this evening
We'll go out together
And party 'til we sleep

Party 'til we sleep

Chorus

I belong on the shore
Hustlin' nickels and dimes
'Cause it ain't long

Before it's gone
You might as well have a good time.