Washaway Beach
Daddy saw an ad back in '72
reading “Home for sale with an ocean view”
so he bought that house and a carport too
and we moved to Washaway Beach
haul away to Washaway Beach
When the agent man says that you can't go wrong
that the whole damned place only costs a song
be prepared to kiss your home so long
and your life on Washaway Beach
rolled the dice on Washaway Beach
Anything that ain't nailed down
is floating off all over town
after putting all our money down
Daddy had the no-good-sense to drown
turning up in the in the Tokyo Lost and Found
from our home on Washaway Beach
cast away from Washaway Beach
The Christmas songs of Burl Ives
an entire set of Cutco knives
Mama's pink porcelain poodle collection
and certain undergarments I'd rather not mention
a hand-colored portrait of The Georgia Peach
but we lost it all on Washaway Beach
drift away from Washaway Beach
step away from Washaway Beach
They mailed Daddy back some thirty days later
ridin' high and dry on a Japanese freighter
we tried to plant him, he'd earned the rest
but the cemetery had headed west
check your plans on Washaway Beach
only clams love Washaway Beach
Noah did the only thing he could do
as the last of the land disapeared from view
with the sails a'flapping and the yard arm swinging,
the lightning flashing and the thunder ringing
he grabbed an oar and started singing
Anything that ain't nailed down
is floating off all over town
turning up in the in the Tokyo Lost and Found
from our home on Washaway Beach
washed away on Washaway Beach
(visit http://washawaybeach.com/)