On our last trip to the coast   We watched the boats sail the sea   "How effortlessly they float"   You turned and said to me      And sedately I sat there   In my quiet mist of rage   How I wanted to tell you   But I was hushed by my shame      So when the waves come rolling in   Then I won’t turn the tide   And in the line of fire   You’ll set me aside   So go on Richard let go      And I can still remember   The laughter in a stranger’s face   And the way you would tell me   To slow down my pace      See no living is that easy   No living is that fair   Of course I was going to lose you   Were you ever even there?      So when the waves come rolling in   Then I won’t turn the tide   And in the line of fire   You’ll set me aside   So go on Richard let go