DRIFTWOOD WAY

We were born in Rockport Village / Grew up on the eastern shore

They say that time stands still here / but she stands still no more

The prettiest girl in all New England / That’s what I used to say

Before she took to traveling down Driftwood Way

 

            Driftwood Way, Driftwood Way

            Some folks leave and others stay

            She went off down Driftwood Way

 

In our quiet town library that still stands on the village square

I pretended to do homework / but it was her I studied there

And she showed me Grecian islands / Swore I’d take her there one day

I didn’t know that I could never go down Driftwood Way

 

            Driftwood Way, Driftwood Way

            Some folks leave and others stay

            She went off down Driftwood Way

 

                        I didn’t mean to make a promise that I could not keep

                        I always knew I had some roots

                        Just didn’t know how deep

 

Sometimes I wake up early after a winter storm

I take the old wheelbarrow down to the broken shore

I load it up with driftwood / stack it ‘til it’s dry

It burns such pretty colors makes a grown man cry

 

            For Driftwood Way, Driftwood Way

            Some folks leave and others stay

            She went off down Driftwood Way

 

            She went off down Driftwood Way…

            Down Driftwood Way