i need a new song, shift it all around, like the ocean   when the riptide gets you down   take some, from the ones you love, in the old town   when the riptide gets you down   sing i can still breathe i can still walk   i can still see neilgen walking up the dock   i remember when i carved my name into this cedar tree   sing while i'm walking sabbys on the rocks   with a new reel flashing casting as he talks   he came home from the city   when they choked out all of his dreams   and i guess you could say that this is me   and i guess that these folks are the only ones i believe   everywhere i go i'm going to the ocean   every river flows into the ocean   the water in my soul is going to the ocean   i sing the great unknown i'm singing to the ocean   sing i can still breathe i can still walk   i can still see neilgen walking up the dock   i remember when i carved my name into this cedar tree   sing while i'm walking sabbys on the rocks   with a new reel flashing casting as he talks   he came home from the city   when they choked out all of his dreams   i need a new song, shift it all around, like the ocean   when the riptide gets you down   take some, from the ones you love, in the old town   when the riptide gets you down