well, i was 8 and the barnacle beach looked like the right adventure   for me, for me, i shuffled the log not knowing i    would roll further   i'd rather fall then watch the goldest shiver down on my spine   i was prepared   but the ocean, by the ocean    that's the afternoon i spent at beddis   i was 8, i was 9, i was 10 on the south coast of the west, west, wing   and we laughed and we laughed and we laughed and we cared in the morning time      hopscotch around the yard   hopscotch around the yard   hopscotch around the yard   hopscotch around the yard      the barnacle beach looked like the right adventure for me this time   i shuffled the log not knowing i would fall further this time   the west, the coldest shiver must be my spine    so i was saved by the ocean   that's the afternoon i spent at beddis   we can, can   yeah can, can   we were so young and beautiful    yeah i truly believe we were   we were so young and beautiful    yeah i   i truly, i truly, i truly believe we were   so we were literally, literally, literally, literally      hopscotch around the yard   hopscotch around the yard   hopscotch around the yard   yeah, hopscotch around the yard      and it all just felt like pleasing fiction