Songs:The Lights Of Brigantine (100412)
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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.
Brigantine is a town in New Jersey, and there IS a burned out Coast Guard station there.
Lyrics
The Lights of Brigantine
I see you sittin’ in the kitchen in your mother’s house It’s a hot summer night out on Holly Lake The cards are on the table, your little sister’s on my knee She holds her breath and waits to see Who’s gonna make that first mistake And everybody’s laughin’ when the cards come tumblin’ down You little sister’s rollin’ on the floor Your mother leans against the counter with that secret smile Your sister’s pickin’ up the cards She says can we play one more? Just one more... Your mother sits and taps her toe, we got Motown on the radio Levi Stubbs got the Detroit Blues He says he just can’t help himself He says it’s you and nobody else And I believe every word he says is true He says... Sugar pie honey bunch, you know that I love you I can’t help myself, it’s you and nobody else Nobody else... And I know what he’s talkin’ about... One more round it’s time to go, I’m out the door and I’m down the road Behind the wheel of that old Chevrolet I got a brand new set of retreads Half a tank of gas Point that Chevy south and head out toward Great Bay Down the boulevard Down Great Bay Boulevard... Well it’s a two lane stretch of blacktop, starts at Highway 9 And ends out where the asphalt turns to sand Ten miles through open meadow Reed grass growin’ high You can see the lights of Brigantine if you walk out on the strand Cross the seven bridges, past the old boat yard There’s a burned out Coast Guard station on the right Everybody says it haunted And I believe it’s true But I don’t care about no ghosts tonight I feel alright And the Seven Island factory is lit up like a Christmas tree Seagulls chase the fishin’ boats as they come round the bend You can hear them diesels scream for oil Get ’em in before they spoil And the voices of the deck hands they carry on the wind They say haul away Haul away boys Haul away Haul away... In the sound the waves are crashin’, Holgate buoy lights are flashin’ You can smell the salt and seaweed on the breeze Look out across Great Thorofare Past Little Bay, way out there And you’re lookin’ at the lights of Brigantine The lights of Brigantine... They shine like diamonds Look like stars on the horizon... Get that Chevy turned around, don’t get stuck, head back to town The tires on the asphalt are slappin’ out a tune Radio waves are bouncin’ tonight I got a Boston station clear and bright And a Dylan song comes on, sounds like he’s howlin’ at the moon He says I want you Honey I want you I want you So bad... I’m thinkin’ tonight about all those miles, Your sister’s laugh and your mother’s smile Thinkin’ ’bout the music and the house of cards Thinkin’ ’bout the things that make us what we are Thinkin’ ’bout the future, thinkin’ bout the past Thinkin’ ’bout the water and the tall reed grass Thinkin’ ’bout the father, son and holy ghost Thinkin’ ’bout the things that we fear the most Thinkin’ ’bout the old, thinkin’ ’bout the new And I’m thinkin’ about time... I’m thinkin’ ’bout you... And I just can’t help myself After all this time I just can’t help myself It’s still you and nobody else Nobody else...nobody else...nobody else...nobody else.... Nobody else...nobody else...nobody else...nobody else.... Nobody else...nobody else...nobody else...nobody else....
©2005 George Wirth
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