The Lee Shore

by David Crosby

from the Crosby & Nash album "Live"



Wheel gull spin and glide ... you've  got no place to hide 

'Cause you don't need one 



All along the lee shore

Shells lie scattered in the sand

Winking up like shining eyes, at me

From the sea



Here is one like sunrise

It's older than you know

It's still lying there where some careless wave

Forgot it long ago



When I awoke this morning

I dove beneath my floating home

Down below her graceful side in the turning tide

To watch the seafish roam



There I heard a story

From the sailors of the Sandra Marie

There's another island a day's run away from here

And it's empty and free



From here to Venezuela

There's nothing more to see

Than a hundred thousand islands

flung like jewels upon the sea

For you and me



Sunset smells of dinner

Women are calling at me to end my tails

But perhaps I'll see you, the next quiet place

I furl my sails