Tide Don't Wait (But I Did)
by Tanner Cove · Rock › Pop Rock · Made with Mureka · 0 plays
Prompt
Trop rock, warm baritone storyteller vocals, bouncy calypso groove, steel drums, congas, singalong group hook
Lyrics
Hey now, hey now Da-da-dum, da-da-dum Six a.m. at the end of the pier, Cold coffee and a bucket of bait, You walked up barefoot with a net and a grin, Said, "Mister, you're early, or I'm late." We split a warm soda on a crate by the rail, Counted the pelicans, lost count at nine, And I told myself, easy, it's only July, Like July was a thing you could borrow from time. Oh, tide don't wait for nobody, But I did, I did, I did! Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Tide don't wait for nobody, But I stood there like a kid. Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Rainy Fridays under the fry-shack roof, Sharing one basket of shrimp, You wrote your number on my hand in ink, I dove off the dock and watched it run. Spent all of August guessing at the digits, Dialed every combination under the sun, Got a baker, a dentist, and a lady named Pearl Who said, "Honey, she's gone, but you sound like fun." Oh, tide don't wait for nobody, But I did, I did, I did! Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Tide don't wait for nobody, But I stood there like a kid. Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Now I'm gray at the temples, I run the bait shop, Same old bell on the buoy out there. Last week a girl with a net and your grin Asked me, "Mister, you waiting on someone?" I said, "Yes ma'am, I was, for a summer, And I'd do it again, I swear." Oh, tide don't wait for nobody, But I did, and I'm glad I did. Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Tide don't wait for nobody, But I stood there like a kid. Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! Da-da-dum, da-da-dum, hey-oh! But I did, I did, I did!