Tom: C
C
Well I'm a tidal pool explorer
C
From the days of my misspent youth
C
I believe that down on the beach
C
Where the sea gulls preach
C
Is where the Chinese buried the truth.
F
So I dig in the sand
F
With my misguided hands
C
And if I dig deep enough
C
Hell I just might dig it up
G
Talkin' about treasure
F
Talkin' about pleasure
C
Talkin' about love
[Verse]
C
Now I'm a reader of the night sky
C
And a singer of inordinate tunes
C
That's how I float across time
C
Livin' way past my prime
C
Like a long lost baby's balloon.
F
So I hang on to the string
F
Work that whole gravity thing
C
But when my space ship goes pop
C
Back to the earth I will drop
G
Into the sea
F
Or the limbs of a tree
C
Or the wings of my love
[Chorus]
G F C
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
G F C
Maybe invent me a story or two
F Am G
I've got coastal confessions to make
C C
How 'bout you, how 'bout you?
[Verse]
C
They say that time is like a river
C
And stories are the key to the past
C
But now I'm stuck in between
C
Here at my typing machine
C
Trying to come up with some words that will last.
F
It's so easy to see
F
that we live history
C
And if I just find the beat
C
I know I'll land on my feet
G
I always do
F
Hadn't got a clue
C
'Cause it comes from above.
[Chorus]
G F C
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
G F C
Maybe invent me a story or two
F Am G
I've got coastal confessions to make
C
How 'bout you, how 'bout you?
[Bridge]
Let's go to church, Sonny... (musical bridge)
G Am F C
So bless me father, yes I have sinned
G Am F C
Given the chance I'll probably do it again
G Am
I don't need absolution
F G
Just a simple solution will do
[Verse]
C
So let's talk about the future
C
Or the consequences of my past
C
I've got scars, I've got lines
C
I'm not hard to define
C
Just an altar boy covering his ass.
F
I know I can't run and hide
F
but just hang on for the ride
C
There will be laughter and tears
C
As we progress through the years
G
But still it's fun
F
Hey I'm not done
C
Gonna dance 'till I fall
[Chorus]
G F C
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
G F C
Maybe have me a boat drink or two
F Am G
It's just the coastal confessions I hear
C
Tell the truth, tell the truth
F Am G C
I've got some coastal confessions to make How 'bout you
