ROD STEWART - Brighton Beach lyrics

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I remember when you were only 17

You were the finest girl that my eyes had ever seen

I guess you found it hard to simply just ignore

This scruffy beat up working class teenage troubadour.

So we fell in love and I toured your heart

With my heart of tune guitar.

You were wonderful, you were mystical

And the envy of all of my friends.

Seems like only yesterday

Under the stars on Brighton beach!

Oh what a time it was,

What a time to be alive!

Remember Janice and Jimmy

Kennedy and King

How they cried

I sang to you the songs of Lamb and Jack

You were Greta Garbo and I was Kerouac

And we played so hard and we loved so hard

Seemed we never ever slept!

There were crazy days, there were wonderful days,

And I loved you with all of my heart!

Seems like only yesterday

Under the stars on Brighton beach.

Oh, your daddy had plans that did not include me

And he won't stay away from your door

And I dreamed how I dreamed I could steal you away

To some far off distant shore.

Then early one morning I awoke to find you gone

You wrote, “I love you, baby, but it's time for me to move on”

And so my teenage heart laid scattered on the floor

I swear to God I could not have loved you anymore

And as I sit here the night playing with my kids

Wondering where you are in this world

Did you find your man, are you happy now?

Do you ever stop and think about me

How I long for yesterday

Under the stars on Brighton beach!