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
Sorrow is 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 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, lonely, lonely life
Sorrow is 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 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
Oo-wah oo-wah, doo-wop a doo-wah
Summer skies, the stars are falling all
Along the injured coast
Oo-wah oo-wah, doo-wop a doo-wah
Summer skies, the stars are falling

We are standing in the sunlight
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
This is the only 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 now summer skies
Stars are falling all along the injured coast
Oo-wah oo-wah, doo wop a doo wah
Summer skies, the stars are falling

Leaving the shadow of the
Valley behind me now
All along the injured coast
Ooh-wah oow-wah, doo wop a doo wah
Summer skies and stars are falling
All along the injured coast
Ooh-wah ooh-wah, doo wop a doo wah