where I used to live

where I used to live

was down by the ocean

in a navytown where foghorns

moan through the night

surfboards and skate boards

move in pure motion

it's here I was a child

but I never got it right

          I keep searching

          although everything I needed

          was in my back yard

          I keep searching

          I didn't know life would be so hard

where I used ro live

I was one of four siblings

brown hair, brown skin

and the future ahead

now I am gone

I live far away now

but those dreams and hopes

will never be dead

          I keep searching

          although everything I needed

          was in my back yard

          I keep searching

          I didn't know I'd end up 

          so broken and scarred

where I used to live

I try to remember

my bare feet in the ocean

dodging the waves

now I am older

my whole life is landlocked

now there's no lighthouse

to help light the way

          I keep searching

          although everything I needed

          was in my back yard

          I keep searching

          I didn't know life would be so hard