Alec Ogg

It's rare to see a sunrise when you drink and love all night

They say we're missing something in that first hour of light

A peace, a calm, when the day's begun

Thats what they say about our days

It's rare to be so happy when your wallet's so damn thin

They say we're spending too much on the night life we live

So save away, all that you make

That's what will pay for future days

But in the Sunshine City

We're so much richer than you all, us hippies

Because we're still so young and pretty

And we're living in the city of the sun

It's rare to have so many friends, beware don't get too close

Quality over quantity they say we can't have both

Two or three, is all you need

That's what they say about our ways

It's rare to have adventures, it's rare to have such fun

You'll be haunted by those pictures when you're trying to get a job

Predictable and safe is the path they said to take

But there's no way

Cause in the Sunshine City

We've got the love to go around, us hippies

Because we're still so young and pretty

And we're living in the city of the sun

Our love is yellow, we are hopeful

We are happy here and warm

We've got our tans and highlight hairs

From all the time we spend outdoors

And when a storm comes crashing

And it knocks us down to size

We will remember the sun will rise

It's rare to see a sunrise when you drink and love all night

They say we're missing something in that first hour of light

A peace, a calm, when the day's begun

Thats what they say about our days

But in the Sunshine City

We feel that all day long, us hippies

Because we're still so young and pretty

And we're living in the city of the sun

I gotta find my barefooting now

I gotta plant my life in this town

Let the grass tickle my feet

Relax, and see, if this place is exactly what I need

I gotta find my barefooting here

I gotta stand still long enough to balance out my fears

There’s a lot of people here to meet

So relax, and breathe, maybe one of them’s exactly who I need

When everything’s new and everything’s fresh

Oh yes I’m scared to death

But if I kick off my shoes and feel lucky

I might run into you-oo-oo honey

And we can go out barefooting here

I gotta clear this junk off my desk

Throw away all the useless shit I packed

I gotta get some sand under my toes

Take it easy, take it slow, the sun is exactly what I need

When everything’s new and everything’s fresh

Oh yes I’m scared to death

But if I kick off my shoes and feel lucky

I might run into you-oo-oo honey

And we can go out barefooting here

I’ve gotta find my barefooting now

I gotta plant my life in this town

Let a lover make my toes curl

Relax and take it slower, this place is exactly what I need

When everything’s new and everything’s fresh

Oh yes I’m scared to death

But if I kick off my shoes and feel lucky

I might run into you-oo-oo honey     

And we can go out bare------------

footing here

La-gu-uu-na, I’d like to live with you

La-gu-uu-na, I’d spend my days with you

But I don’t have a dime because I don’t make the dough

And I don’t have an easy six-figures to blow

On Lamborghinis and clothes with Armani logos

‘Cause of my student loans that keep me living at home

But I’ve got PBR, and Season One- DVDs of Seinfeld on

And I can call my Mom, and hug my dog

And drive my scratched and dented car

There’s a lot that I don’t have

But there’s a hell-of-a-lot I do

Oh oh Laguna----- I don’t need you too

La-gu-uu-na, I’d like a girl near you

La-gu-uu-na, a cute little blonde will do

But I don’t have the bod, and no I don’t own a yacht

And I don’t have my name on any lists at the club

And sometimes I’m insecure, ‘cause I wish I had more

As I compare myself to all the guys on your shore

But I’ve got NPR, my coffee’s hot- and this week I’ve got Tuesday off

And I can dance alone, when no one’s home

And use my toothbrush microphone

There’s a lot that I don’t have

But there’s a hell-of-a-lot I do

Oh oh Laguna----- I don’t need you too

But I’ve got PBR, and Season One- DVDs of Seinfeld on

And I can call my Mom, and hug my dog

And drive my scratched and dented car

There’s a lot that I don’t have

But there’s a hell-of-a-lot I do

Oh oh Laguna----- I don’t need you too

Oh oh Laguna----- I don’t need you too

I walked down ocean road last night, I was hungry and tired

I browsed a party with a bottle in hand and no one in mind

It got crowded. It wasn’t quite my scene                 

The DJ was bad and the people were mean

I went outside to see the stars but didn’t get very far

'Cause the surfboard-maker’s daughter

Came in up from the water and told me:

If everyone’s got wings and I’ve got fins then I guess I’ll swim

Whenever I compare the way they are to the way I am

I see we’re different, woa-oh-oh-oh I see my fins

We walked down ocean road last night we were hungry and tired

We left the party- her holding my hand, we’d stolen some wine.

We made it to a milk-shake place, got some waffles and eggs

It was late in the evening we were quietly thinking to ourselves

When that jukebox in the corner

Began to play some music for her and she said:

If everyone’s got wings and I’ve got fins then I guess I’ll swim

Whenever I compare the way they are to the way I am

I see we’re different, woa-oh-oh-oh I see my fins

So we ran down to the beach. She took her shirt off and smiled at me

And as we crashed into the sea, she said, “Don’t be afraid to be unique,

It’s all you got, so don’t worry about what you are not.”

We dried off in my car at dawn, she fell asleep in my arms

The sun lit the windows, the radio whispered a Beach Boys song

If everyone’s got wings and you've got fins then you'd better swim

Whenever you compare the way you walk to the way they stand

I see you’re different, ohhhh-oh-oh-oh you see your fins 

You see your fins

My favorite bar is Shadracks cause it’s a piece of shit

And for that very reason, I feel like I fit in

No they don’t have a T.V. cause they can’t pay the bills

Oh yes sometimes I feel like a dive bar on wheels

Now Shadracks is the kinda place with holes punched through the walls

And signs for dollar beers on broken bathroom stalls

The foosball table’s tilted so one side always wins

But I play it again hoping it will be different in the end

Oh Shadracks was established in 1971

And though they say that I’m young

We both feel past our prime

If you’re a dive so am I

The Christmas lights about the bar haven’t moved in thirty years

And neither have the hairstyles of the people drinking beers

Yeah maybe its a place thats already torn apart

That reminds us of our hearts and we both beat on and on and on

The owners just ignore the things they need to fix

They’d rather take a load off, they’d rather shoot the shit

Well me I am the same way about the holes punched through my life

I just let them slide ‘cause tomorow I’ll have time

Oh Shadracks was established in 1971

And though they say that I’m young

We both feel past our prime

If you’re a dive so am I

If you're a dive so am I

If you're a dive so am I 

Tonight I’d like to write a simple song for you

A simple song that Elvis would approve

The kind that echoed through the cars

Before a high school sock-hop started

Doooo-wop dee dooooooo

Tonight I’d like to write a simple song for you

With simple chords that Chuck Berry might use

The kind that filled the summer nights 

Behind a diner’s neon lights

Doooo-wop dee dooooooo

I’d write a doo-wop symphony

With a shoo-wop melody

An orchestra of ooo’s and ah’s

Doobie-doo’s and sha-la-la’s

There’d be a section for the hey-hey-hey’s

A solo for the baby-baby’s

A doo-wop symphony full of “you are all I need’s” and

Doo-wop dee dooooo

And it goes: Hey, hey baby I got love on the way

I got a real heart racer like a cold lemonade

It goes ooooo-oo-oo-oooo sha la la

And I said: Hey, hey baby I know you’re here to stay

You got those candy apple lips that I’m ready to taste

Ah-like ooooo-oo-oo-oooo sha la la

I got a blue heart baby ever since it broke

And there’s a fire in between us I been wantin’ to stoke

It's like ah ooooo-oo-oo-oooo sha la la          

I want a  Jerry Lee Lewis here to sing and fight

I want a rock-a-billy rhythm on a Saturday night

I want a Ooooo-oo-oo-ooo sha la la

I want a Supreme girl and a hot Ronette

With their microphones and their sparkly dress

I want a doo-wop symphony to sing tonight

I'd write a doo-wop symphony

With a shoo-wop melody

An orchestra of ooo’s and ah’s

Doobie-doo’s and sha-la-la’s

There’d be a section for the hey-hey-hey’s

A solo for the baby-baby’s

A doo-wop symphony full of “you are all I need’s” and

Doo-wop dee dooooo  oooooo

Tonight I’d like to write a simple song for you

Smile was a girl that got her looks from her mom

And Banjo hoped he’d gotten nothin’ from his dad at all

When the radio was on their clothes were always off

And Smile would just smile while Banjo sat and thought:

“Is the meaning of this life just to find a job that pays

And spend what little time I have doin’ somethin’ that I hate?

Just to get a little house where I can hide all my regret

And pay the bills for things I never needed in the past.”

Smile went to state-school on a scholarship

And Banjo worried he would always be workin’ for tips

High school was alright, but now it was gone.

Oh-ooo- oh a change had come

To the meaning of their lives now that Smile was away

And Banjo had to work a double every single day

“Is it better to be close, or does the distance make us strong?

Watch out for those college boys they’ll lead you right along.”

Smile please don’t you ever leave me.            

You’ve always been much smarter than I could ever hope to be.

Aw sweet-pea, oh don’t you see my soul?

I’ve got enough to give and I’ve got the room to grow

Smile she came home for her first thanksgiving break

And thought about how she’d met Banjo in the second grade

Smile was the lead in a Cinderella play

And Bajo was a pumpkin-seed without a line to say

But now that she was home, Banjo thought he’d seize the day

I miss you and I wish you would just stay, stay, stay

Growin’ up is scary with you livin’ out of town

And lately you’ve been distant oh its got my spirit down

Smile please don’t you ever leave me.        

You’ve always been much smarter than I could ever hope to be.

Aw sweet-pea, oh don’t you see my soul?

I’ve got enough to give and I’ve got the room to grow

Smile knew just what to say to that Banjo in her arms

“I’ll be here, I’ll be here, I’ll be here with you.”

Smile knew just what to say to that Banjo in her car

“I believe, I believe, I believe in you.”

Oh with a Smile on my arm, I’d like to do as I desire

Is it possible for everyone to live a happy life?

Is it selfish that I hate workin’ in a restaurant

Is it selfish that I really want to do just what I won't?

Smile please don’t you ever leave me.       

You’ve always been much smarter than I could ever hope to be.

Aw sweet-pea, oh don’t you see my soul?

I’ve got enough to give and I’ve got the room to grow

Smile please don’t you ever leave me.

(Smile knew just what to say)      

You’ve always been much smarter than I could ever hope to be.

(I believe in you)

Aw sweet-pea, oh don’t you see my soul?

(Smile knew just what to say)

I’ve got enough to give and I’ve got the room to grow

Its the end of the trail so give me a hug

We’ve made it so much farther

than I ever thought we’d come

With the wind in our hair left behind us on the trail

Oh I don’t know what comes next except for change

Hotels and motels where we stayed

Restaurants and pit-stops where we paid

To continue this adventure

Looking back its quite the picture

And its over so much quicker than it starts

Cause Its the end of the trail so give me a hug

We’ve made it so much farther

than I ever thought we’d come

With the wind in our hair left behind us on the trail

Oh I don’t know what comes next except for change

Oooooooooo oooooooooo

Laughter at the table lonely thoughts under the stars

If there’s a God he’s entertained by watchin' us so far

Where to go from here

I’ll know in a couple years

Tell you the truth I haven’t thought it out this far

But its been a pleasure, its been my life

Driving with you at my side

If it gets cold just know my memory is warm

Cause its the end of the trail so give me a hug

We’ve made it so much farther

than I ever thought we’d come

With the wind in our hair left behind us on the trail

Oh I don’t know what comes next except for change