I need a house on a beach
Facing out to the deep blue sea
I need to put up my feet
One day to do nothing else but sleep
And it all starts with a house on a beach

I can see it in my mind
Name is painted on an old driftwood sign
Hanging above the screen door in the back
That opens up to the porch and the best view I’ve ever had

I need a house on a beach
And a beautiful woman next to me
A couple of kids in the sand
We’ll make some castles then make ‘em again
Feel the tide cover up our feet
And it all starts with a house on a beach

I can see it in my mind
Name is painted on an old driftwood sign
Hanging above the screen door in the back
That opens up to the porch and the best view you’ve ever had
And it feels just like my dream
That always starts with a house on a beach

I need a house on a beach
Somewhere the arms of this city are never gonna reach
Out past the concrete and the street lights
Me and the salt on the breeze under the night skies
Where I can slow down and listen to my dreams
It’s the same one I’ve had every night for weeks
It ends with a fever and slips back out of reach
But always starts with a house on a beach

I need a house on a beach
Facing out to the deep blue sea

Intro

Giving up the ghost of old lovers that rattle round my brain
Giving up those black crows that’re sitting on my weather vane
Giving up my addictions, I won’t hide behind that mask
And when we fall let’s fall together, girl that’s all I ask

Chorus
Giving it up, oh ooohh
Giving it up, for love
I’m giving it up, yeah yeahhhh
I’m giving it up, for love

Bridge (lyrics aren’t totally accurate, but you get the gist)
………the words say two are better than one
Most like the moonlight in your hair waiting on the sun
Tomorrow’s horizon where the road will lead
And yesterday so bitter but tonight you’re kisses taste so sweet

I ran into a wall of liquor tonight
I really need a cab and there ain’t one in sight
I’m wandering and stumbling and falling all over my-self

I wish this old sidewalk would just stand still
Long enough to get me back to my hotel
I’m starting to think that maybe I could use some help

(Chorus)
Just trying to stay on top of my flip flops
At least until this old world stops spinning, spinning
People in the bars all laugh when I pass
They’re laying down [A/C#]bets that I’ll bust my ass
It looks like a mile but I only gotta make it one more block
Just trying to stay on top of my flip flops

Just did a little Fred Astaire around the last street sign
I think I might have kissed a palm tree and asked it to be mine
Here I come ready or not
Even Jagger wishes [A/C#]he had the moves that I got
Once I get going yeah it feels like I just can’t stop

(Chorus)
Just trying to stay on top of my flip flops
At least until this old world stops spinning, spinning
People in the bars all laugh when I pass
They’re laying down [A/C#]bets that I’ll bust my ass
It looks like a mile but I only gotta make it one more block
Just trying to stay on top of my flip flops

Solo: G A D Bm G A D Bm
Spinning, Spinning

People in the bars all laugh when I pass
They’re laying down [A/C#]bets that I’ll bust my ass
It looks like a mile but I only gotta make it one more block, It’s a balancing act
Just trying to stay on top of my flip flops