I
wanted exactly what you did
An island for two in the clouds
With gas and electric included
Floating above all the noise of the city
Away from the traffic
and crowds
Happily cast away, sleeping till noon
We bobbed and we laughed
On our mattress raft in our bedroom
Looked good,
we bathed in the moon
Where did it go, where did it go,
was it washed away?
Where did it go,
I thought I saw it here yesterday
Now suddenly it's
drowning in salt water
You wanted the same thing that I did
An island with closet space to spare
But now that it seems you've decided
To pack up a suitcase and swim for it
I think I'm becoming aware
Of an unfamiliar feeling
Of falling through the floor
It all looks the same
But nothing's the same
as be fore
Like the names on a door
Where do they go, where do they go
When they disappear
Where is the red dot on the map
That says you are here
Hard to find your way
Surrounded by salt water
You dance on the
sand the way we did.
You know that a step has to miss.
I thought I knew just what we needed.
It's funny how everything
looks different
through salt water.
The thing about islands is this,
It's the important thing to know
before you have landed
An island with two can be paradise
With one,
you're just shipwrecked and stranded
Where do you go?
How do you swim in a tidal wave?
What do you do?
When do you know that you
can't be saved?
Where do I go?
I wish you'd tell me, cause I forgave
Up in the clouds,
up with the smoke from
your cigarette
Where do I go?