All I Want

All I am is a girl

Having a beer

When the beer’s done

I’ll get up

And head out

And you can follow me

If that’s what you want to do

All I want to do

Is keep the ocean in mind

That’s why I came here

To keep the ocean in mind

You came here

To forget

I came here

To remember

The difference between you and me

Is that I don’t have a boat

Coming to get me

At the end of the week

I’m not sick

I’m not upset

I’m not in need of saving

The boat can come and go

And I don’t need to be on it

I know where I am

And who I am

And you don’t even know

Which is the sand

And which is the water

That’s why I feel bad for you

Well, that’s one reason anyway

You can suck your teeth

All you want

But I know all the ways

You’re going to try

To stall for time

While you look for something to say

That makes you sound genuine

And lovely

And what I’ve been waiting to tell you is--

You don’t need to be

Genuine

Or lovely

For me to keep you around

For the week

A man of the week

Doesn’t need to be

Much of anything

He just needs to keep his mouth shut

And try not to dig his own grave

I’ve determined that you are--

Perfectly fantastic

To look at

While I’m enjoying my beer

And you don’t need to be

Much more than that

Hell, I’d be disappointed

If you tried to be complex

I’d rather you just be fleeting

That would make me--

That would make me

Very happy

You know, when I moved here

I showed up at this bar

And they had a jukebox

Outside

Facing the beach

And I thought

That was the craziest shit

I’d ever seen in my life

Because--

Because I thought I understood

What belonged inside

And what belonged in the open air

Just one thing

On a long, long list

Of stuff I didn’t understand

You ever play a song

On an outdoor jukebox

Sip on a beer

And ask a girl to dance

Who was only going to know your name

For a few days

Before replacing you

With some other dumb man

Who thinks he’s unforgettable?

You should try it

It’s a lot of fun

Put some Joni Mitchell on

The sad stuff

I like the sad stuff

But you can start from the beginning

If you want

Put on Blue

I’ll get you a beer

That’s how we’ll start

If you ask me

That’s a pretty good

Place

To start