"Trippin' Down by the Sea" genre: Love Songs
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	Describes a long walk on the beach, and all there is to see and think about.
	MP3.com CD: Spiritual Springtime - buy it! CD: Spiritual Springtime   Label: self released in Hong Kong (pm productions) Credits: Written, arranged and performed by Paul Meredith. Recorded with Bob Simms, R Pebbles studio, Scottville MI, 1994; mix re-edited by PM, 2003
	Story Behind the Song This was easily the most ambitious song I'd ever done when I put it together, in the early 90s. I came up with the basic riff around 1988, at the time I lived in Monterey Calif., and spent many an hour strolling the beautiful beach in nearby Carmel. Go there sometime! I started the song lyrics around that time, put it away for awhile, and finished it a few years afterward. I did a few edits on the mix this year to bring out a few things. The genre says "love song" here, and in a way I think it is about love, as the song sort of implies towards the end. But mostly I just wanted to try and capture the feeling of just "trippin' along" on a beautiful day that stretches into afternoon and evening, thinkin' about love or friends or sex or airplanes or sailboats or whatever, sometimes imagining someone special was with you, but always enjoying the sights along the way, and that feeling of losing track of all time, and looking back and realizing you've walked for miles! It's nice to lose track of time now and then, huh? Lyrics TRIPPIN' DOWN BY THE SEA 1. Trippin' down by the ocean Catch a wave to the sea I'm slippin' out of this cage of mine Why don't you walk with me I can't stay in any longer My head can't think anymore I need to find a place to unwind Away from walls and doors Hear the waves a poundin' Crash and then subside Lovers laughter drowning out A seabird's lonesome cry Shells crush under your feet Spirits breaking free Your perfect moment may escape you But it feels allright to be trippin' along by the sea 2. On a barren dry sandy altar Bodies worship the sun They dream about their skin's color When the sacrifice is done But if you just keep on walkin' Your soul can soar anywhere When you're lookin' out towards forever And you think you're almost there Hear the waves a poundin' Crash and then subside Lovers laughter drowning out A seabird's lonesome cry Shells crush under your feet Spirits breaking free Your perfect moment may escape you But it feels allright to be trippin' along by the sea 3. A liquid starlight glitter Dancin' over the shore A thousand voices whisper Songs you never heard before A gentle wind's laughin' at you As you walk you romanticize Can't help but remember The ocean in her eyes Well those eyes that you see, they're only in your memory But the stars, the sun, the sea -- belong to you Hear the waves a poundin' Crash and then subside Lovers laughter drowning out A seabird's lonesome cry Shells crush under your feet Spirits breaking free You may never find your perfect moment But it feels allright to be trippin' along by the sea Along the sea come walk with me I long to be out by the sea come away away with me The sky the waves are callin' you, callin' out to me Won't you set your spirit free along the sea... c) Paul Meredith, 1995

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