Followed you down to the beach tonight Wearing two coats but nothing besides Forget that we're away from home Pretend we've got a beach of our own Always before but never again In the tall white grass where we ran and slept I lost my head but the ideas came Sweating out words like a fevered game And now that seems like it was lost in time But for those two years he was a friend of mine Summer's so long and it's running away I lost my chain in the river that day Watched that fire in the silent dark And i found you crying in the back of your car In the small hours while the embers glowed And the light showed drops on your blanket folds I let you rest from your tired life Carving that soil with your daddy's knife And now it seems it was lost in time But for those two years he was a friend of mine Followed you down to the beach tonight Followed you down to the beach tonight Followed you down to the beach tonight