here by the sea and sand nothing ever goes as planned i just couldn t face going home it was just a drag on my own they finally threw me out my mom got drunk on stout my dad couldn t stand on two feet as he lectured about morality now i guess the family s complete with me hanging round on the street or here on the beach the girl i love is a perfect dresser wears every fashion gets it to the tee heavens above i got to match her she knows just how she wants her man to be leave it to me my jacket s gonna be cut slim and checked maybe a touch of seersucker with an open neck i ride a g s scooter with my hair cut neat i wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet i see her dance across the ballroom uv light making starshine of her smile i am the face she has to know me i m dressed up better than anyone within a mile so how come the other tickets look much better without a penny to spend they dress to the letter how come the girls come on oh so cool yet when you meet em every one s a fool come sleep on the beach keep within my reach i just want to die with you near i m feeling so high with you here i m wet and i m cold but thank god i ain t old why didn t i ever say what i mean i should have split home at fifteen there s a story that the grass is so green what did i see where have i been nothing is planned by the sea and the sand