Lyrics

Before the Sun Goes Down
by Terry Kincaid and Mariam
© BMI 2006



He looked out of place, that long grey beard

And those baggy ole? blue jeans

Hands in his pockets, wind in his jeans

Just starin? out at the sea


I walked up and asked ?how ya? doin?

Like I?d done a hundred times

Said he?d heard our music, from down on the beach

And he liked the way we made the words rhyme


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He said, I came to see the sunset

And watch the waves upon the shore

I don?t sail no more on the ocean

And I don?t fish much anymore

I?m drinking a few rums everyday

But, at least I?m still getting? around

I just came to see the sunset

One more time before the sun goes down


He said I used to have a 40-footer on the bay

She was rigged for me to sail her alone

She took me all the way down to Tortuga a few times

Got me back to Aruba that I called home


Now I just have all of those memories

Of the outcasts and pirates I?ve known

And all of those years, full of laughter and tears

They?re all I need to call my own


He said, I came to see the sunset

And watch the waves upon the shore

I don?t sail no more on the ocean

And I don?t fish much anymore

I?m drinking a few rums everyday

But, at least I?m still getting? around

I just came to see the sunset

One more time before the sun goes down

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I just came to see the sunset

One more time ? before my sun goes down