Lying on the beach with desire
Rocking to the music of the waves
I walk in despair
My heart needed return
My lover had lied to me
And I was bored by what I saw
Why, why, why?
Why, why, why?
Why, why, why?
My father said

My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watch the ladies in their gowns
Watch the waves getting steeper
Watch the ships going down
In Cadillacs they sailed on the tide
Beneath the pier the sea she stroked the night
I love a little lamb
I know my body I've heard
My lover had lied to me

And I was digging what I saw
Why, why, why?
Why, why, why?
My father was a lighthouse keeper
Watch the ladies in their gowns


Watch the waves getting steeper
Watch the ships going down
Watch the day slip by and the stars explode
And we'll watch them once again
Oh the laughter, the laughter across the pier
Oh the laughter, the laughter so nice to hear
Oh the laughter, the laughter so good and free
Oh the laughter, the laughter so nice to see
Oh the laughter
I lay there among the shells and the coke hands in my lover, oh yeah
And all the people side eating and smiling sadly in their big cars
My father gazed from his lighthouse and he saw it all and he knew it all
Then he laughed a little, so pretty, so easy
Oh la la la, oh la la la, oh la la la, oh la la
you