Bought a pancho and sandals; I threw away my shoes Brought a toothbrush and a razor I probably won't use Hit the track, I turned my back on the Headlines News On my way to meet the moon on the bay where she's risin' big and full and blue
Well the gringo boys got their dark sunglasses And the girls on the beach are all shakin' their fingers 'Cause no matter how dark the lenses, they can see That the eyes and the minds of the boys are somewhere they ain't supposed to be
The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume It's givin' my heart a little elbow room And the kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom! The kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom!
No one recalls when the clock on the wall stopped wavin' its hands all day Maybe it died of loneliness or boredom Rest in peace, you know it's better this way
The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume It's givin' my heart a little elbow room And the kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom! The kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom!
And all my friends are laughin' at each other's lies And the sea is singin' lullabies Everything's slowin' down, flowin' counterclockwise Everything's slowin' down, flowin' counterclockwise
Now, some of the Americans are ugly Americans We know we ain't all that way So we nod and we smile and we wait a little while Because they never stay anywhere very long anyway
The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume It's givin' my heart a little elbow room And the kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom! The kids are lightin' firecrackers Boom! Boom! Boom!
And all my friends are laughin' at each other's lies And the sea is singin' lullabies Everything's slowin' down, flowin' counterclockwise Everything's slowin' down, flowin' counterclockwise Everything's slowin' down, flowin' counterclockwise