Ian Kearns - Carpinteria Lyrics

Sitting on a bank
Watching wildflowers wither
As hills reflect the sapphire bloom
As my mind goes blank
It ponders while I think about her
As clouds role and feel my lone gloom

I wish I'd never her face
Mind was wiped left with no trace

While out at sea
My fractured heart begins to sever
Starved and split to it's core
Where the mountains sprawl
Where rocky shores hug up oh so clever
Where my love washed up ashore

I long for where the surf meets sky
So hello never says goodbye

Cus oh darling you don't compare
With your vibrant flair
To the craze and glare
Of those who don't care

And oh darling I live for your smile
For your laugh and your style
And I'll go that mile
If it takes yet awhile

Skating down Sandyland Road
Watching clouds pierced by the sunset
The spring air oh brisk flies by
And still she laughs the same
As if to tell me not to forget
The memories and send them to the sky

And as the sun dipped out of sight
I watched her heart lose its light

Cus oh darling you don't compare
With your vibrant flair
To the craze and glare
Of those who don't care

And oh darling I live for your smile
For your laugh and your style
And I'll go that mile
If it takes yet awhile

As thoughts of that December night
Invade my mind, keep me confined
I wish I had the chance
To leave them all behind
I'd leave them behind
On the beaches of Carpinteria

Now I'm here today
A mangled man who's soul is weathered
Yet I still sit and comply
And still she laughs the same
As if to tell me to forget
The memories and send them to the sky

And even when it seems cliche
It's best to leave then if to stay