Story Behind The Song

Took my kids to Maine one year and they got this idea that they wanted to go back with their friends at graduation. Made me think about how things can be so different when we're young - but maybe not all that different!

Song Description

Happy song about young love and that love as it's matured. Basically just a happy love scenario. Sunshine, Sand and Water!

Lyrics

Senior year had come and gone
It was time that we moved on
Took a road trip - just you and me
Ha - and half the class just for company
Headed east out to the coast to see for the very first time
Where the sand meets the water - water meets the sky
And it was you and I
We were

Runnin back fast as the waves rolled in
The sticky dry feeling of your sea-salt skin
More sunshine than the law allows any other time of year
Playin football in the cool, wet sand
Walkin up and down the beach just to hold your hand
My heart beatin like the drummer in a rock and roll band
The coast of Miane - the fourth of July
Soakin up the warm, summer sun and Fireworks Fly

Twenty years have come and gone
You and I have both moved on
I planned a road trip - out to the sea
To vacation with my family
Headin east out to the coast to show these boys of mine
Where the sand meets the water - water meets the sky
And now our kids and you and I will be

Chorus

I look back on those days - so magical
Still I have to say
At 42 I know more of you and when twenty more are through I'll look forward to...

Runnin back fast as the waves rolled in
The sticky dry feeling of your sea-salt skin
More sunshine than the law allows any other time of year
Playin football in the cool, wet sand
Walkin up and down the beach just to hold your hand
My heart beatin like the drummer in a rock and roll band
Well if it's just one week or just one minute
I wanna live my whole life in it
The coast of Miane - the fourth of July
Soakin up the warm, summer sun and Fireworks Fly