BREAK FREE OF THE SEA song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

back in the summer of 73
I went down to the Mexican Pie
young and stupid and full of myself
thinking of pleasure and no one else
where the sun can cut your skin like a knife
and I faced the greatest challenge
of my life

I walked in the tide there was no one there
I didn't even know that I should be scared
rip tide ran pulled me off of my feet
and into the bay don't know how deep
and there I almost caught my death
I could not catch my breath

break free of the sea
break free of the sea
cause the sea just wants to pull you down
but if your heart can make behave
climb up on and surf the wave
till you get back to solid ground
break free
break free of the sea


when I was a kid
I never thought of what I did
did anything for long
did everything I knew was wrong
but reality
is university
and when you graduate
hope that it's not too late
to tell your daughters
and tell your sons
you don't have to stop
if you learn to run

break free of the sea
break free of the sea
cause the sea just wants to pull you down
but if your heart can make behave
climb up on and surf the wave
till you get back to solid ground
break free
break free of the sea

it's hard to believe your fate is but
a roll of the dice a matter of luck
and it can all come crashing down
to moment of instead
when you make the wrong choice
and you wake up dead

so there must must be a God
who watches over all us fools
and every day
is a hard knock school

and every sunrise
is a lesson learned
that Heaven is real
and only hellfire burns

break free of the sea
break free of the sea
cause the sea just wants to pull you down
but if your heart can make behave
climb up on and surf the wave
till you get back to solid ground
break free
break free of the sea

if you can learn to swim
then you can make it in
if you just break free
of the sea

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