| Well, you can’t stop the ocean
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| And you can’t stop the wind
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| They’re here, then they’re gone
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| They don’t come back again
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| And one will keep you rollin'
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| One will blow you away
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| Left me standin' all alone
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Well, a ramblin' gal since you were young
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| One big ball of yarn
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| That was too tightly spun
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| When you came unraveled, girl
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| You really got strung out
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| And if you ever wind back up
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| Well, that’s somethin' I doubt
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| Oh, Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
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| The water dancin' in the drillin' rig lights
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| And I’ll stand here next to the wind and the waves
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| Right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Well, the soldiers are marchin' off to the war
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| And we ain’t won it yet
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| But we’ll come back for more
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| And as I watch the battleships sailing away
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| From right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Well, the clock just keeps a’tickin'
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| Time goes by so fast
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| As the barges keep steamin'
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| Down the San Louis Pass
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| And under the black smoke
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| The engines, they roar
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| And I’m right where you left me
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| Right next to the shore
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| Oh, Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
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| The water dancin' in the drillin' rig lights
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| And I’ll stand here next to the wind and the waves
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| Right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Where the good times went
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| Man, I ain’t got a clue
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| You took my red heart
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| And turned it lavender blue
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| Say you ain’t goin' nowhere
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| Thinkin' 'bout the past
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| And I say the good times
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| Are the ones that don’t last
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| Well, the ocean breathes salty
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| And the wind, it blows hard
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| And I hope that you’re happy wherever you are
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| And if you ever decide to head back my way
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| I’ll be right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Oh, Galveston Bay looks pretty at night
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| The water dancin' in the drillin' rig lights
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| And I’ll stand here next to the wind and the waves
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| Right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston Bay
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| Oh, yeah, right where you left me
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| Next to Galveston, uh, Galveston Bay |