Just Like A Lover
(Garrison Starr/ P.J. Pacifico)
Radtown Music ASCAP
Paul P Music ASCAP
i went down to the corner for ten dollar smokes
i met an old woman who saw life as a joke
she asked for a buck and a bottle of rum
i had just begun
tomorrow's the first of a hundred at sea
you never can tell what the water will bring
but that doesn't matter to a sailor like me
who was born to weather the storm
CHORUS
she's just like a lover
she rocks me to sleep
she calms and she moves me
her love is so deep
oh but can her waves crash down
she's just like a lover
la de da da de da
just like a lover
la de da da de da
the boys said today was a hell of a day
for sailing away to the edge of the bay
those boys always seem to have something to say
those boys are always talking
so we set out at dusk under bright yellow stars
i swear i could see all the way out to mars
somehow she warmed me up in her arms
as if her arms could hold me
CHORUS
she comes in with the wind and goes out with the tide
she leaves me so low after getting me high
it'll never be fair and i'll never know why
but she is always constant
as the wind's dying down and it's time to head in
i can already feel the longing begin
but we knew where we started is where we would end
she gives love when she wants it
CHORUS
alone at the bar with my last cigarette
trying hard to remember and not to forget
but sometimes i guess you just get what you get