Fagen Donald On The Dunes Lyrics

On The Dunes Lyrics

Drive along the sea 

 Far from the city's twitch and smoke 

 To a misty beach 

 That's where my life became a joke 

 

 On the dunes 

 On the dunes 

 (Became a joke on the dunes) 

 Where rents are high 

 And seabirds cry 

 On the dunes 

 

 As you spoke you must have known 

 It was a kind of homicide 

 I stood and watched my happiness 

 Drift outwards with the tide 

 

 On the dunes 

 On the dunes 

 (Homicide on the dunes) 

 It wasn't fair 

 It's brutal there 

 On the dunes 

 

 Pretty boats 

 Sweeping along the shore 

 In the faltering light 

 Pretty women 

 With their lovers by their side 

 It's like an awful dream 

 I have most every night 

 

 In the summer all the swells 

 Join in the search for sun and sand 

 For me it's just a joyless place 

 Where this loneliness began 

 

 On the dunes 

 On the dunes 

 (Loneliness on the dunes) 

 I'm pretty tough 

 But the wind is rough 

 On the dunes