she left st johns one day in may dressed in her sunday best a kind man sat beside her and she cried her way out west she moved in with her cousin and found a job down in the mall her friends at home were jealous and said we ll see you in the fall you know that she wants to try never you let you see her cry you know that she wants to try she s got seagulls in her eyes the people here seem really nice but the winter s way too long her new friends don t understand they just tell her to be strong she made some decent money yeah but nothing comes for free the busy streets just don t compete with the sky the rocks the sea you know that she wants to try never let you see her cry you know that she wants to try she s got seagulls in her eyes her parents came at easter time wanted her to stay but she went and got a panel bed and moved home on her birthday the girls in town all said she couldn t make it on her own now the skies a little smaller and it doesn t seem like home you know that she wants to try never let you see her cry you know that she wants to try she s got seagulls in her eyes 