Paul Simon The Coast lyrics

A family of musicians took shelter for the night
In the little harbor Church of St. Cecilia
Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine
Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea

This is a lonely life, sorrows everywhere you turn
That's worth something, when you think about it
That is worth some money, that's worth something
When you think about it, that is worth some money

A trip to the market, a trip into the pearl gray
Morning sunlight that settles over Washington
A trip to the market, a trip around the world
Where the evening meal is negotiable, if there is one

This is a lonely-lone, lonely life, sorrows everywhere you turn
And that's worth something, when you think about it
That is worth some money, that's worth something
When you think about it, money, money, money, money, money, money

To prove that I love you, because I believe in you
Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast
And if I have money, if I have children
Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast

Summer skies and stars are falling
Summer skies and stars are falling


We are standing in the sunlight, in the early morning
Sunlight, in the harbor Church of St. Cecilia
To praise a soul's returning to the earth
To the rose of Jericho and the Bougainvillea

And this is a lonely life
And that's worth something, when you think about it
That is worth some money, that's worth something
When you think about it, that is worth some money

To prove that I love you, because I believe in you
Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast
And if I have money, if I have children
Summer skies, stars are falling all along the injured coast

If I have weaknesses, don't let them blind me Lord
Summer skies and stars are falling
I'm leaving the shadow of the valley behind me now
All along the injured coast

Summer skies and stars are falling
Summer skies and stars are falling now, falling