Beach Chair

I can’t see forever
But I know that it’s there
Out beyond the farthest buoy
I can see from my beach chair
It was one of a pair
That my parents bought us
For the first summer after the wedding

They all wanna know where I’ve been
And where I’m going to
Every minute of every day
Boy I’m sick of it
My kids have grown
They got kids of their own
And they’re a real pain in the ass
But I love 'em anyway

You left me here on my own
There is no comfort in staring at a stone
All my friends have gone one by one
I know, good for me
But when will my time

My old chair is hanging on by a thread
And a little bit of duck tape
That I use on almost everything
Gave the other to my granddaughter
On her first trip down the shore
But now she says it’s uncomfortable
So I sit alone

You left me here on my own
There is no comfort in staring at a stone
All my friends have gone one by one
I know, good for me
But when will my time

I sit down by the water
To get away from the family
I tell them I just like the breeze
And the cold on my feet
And as I look out at the sea
I wish she was sitting next to me
It’s been almost thirty years
And I miss her to death