Hot-Headed Boy

He was a hot-headed boy with a heart full of joy And he always went looking for more He went down to the sea in the cool night breeze To sleep alone by the shore As the wind grew strong and the night grew long The waves began to roar But he slept on through crashing spume And the cries of the angry storm She was a quiet girl with her head in a whirl And her feet never touched the ground She used to dream of a time she could cross that line And write her name in the sand She put her hair in a bun and her face in the sun And she soaked up every sound She looked up to the sky as the clouds sailed by And she followed the stars around And she said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me She said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me There’s a life we can live with open arms Far away from honesty He was a hot-headed boy who knew how to lie And he never retraced his steps Although his feet were raw and his eyes were sore He never had any regrets He walked through the town as the rain came down And his hair and his clothes grew wet He took out a trowel and carved on the wall 'This is as good as it gets' So he ran to his girl with eyes like pearls Shining with a wondering gleam He took her hand as they lay on the sand And told her what he’d seen And he breathed the air and smelt her hair And they dreamt each others’ dreams And the waves rolled by with a knowing sigh Powerful and serene And he said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me He said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me There’s a life we can live with open arms Far away from honesty They were out of touch, they were out of luck They were looking for a place to stay They sat by the road that led back home As their resolve began to fray As they closed their eyes and reached for a light They wished for yesterday Their hot-headed needs and pounding feet Had worn them both away She was full of conviction and contradiction He knew he could’ve had her in another position If you don’t have enough just make it up But she never gave a damn for upholding tradition He was a hot-headed boy, not afraid to die But frightened of being alone He went down to the park as the sky grew dark And thought of the people he’d known He sat all night in the glare of the lights And waited to be shown Until he closed his eyes and gave a sigh And began to stumble home So he called to his girl from the depths of his soul As he felt her slipping away And he turned to dread inside her head As she moved her mouth to pray And the sun came up, and shone on love Like any other day But the sun can’t warm her biting scorn Or a heart that’s begun to fray And he said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me He said Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me Yeah, yeah, yeah I want you to come with me Don’t run away from my open arms And the life we hoped to lead And she said Yeah, yeah, yeah I knew you would come with me She said Yeah, yeah, yeah I knew you would come with me Yeah, yeah, yeah I knew you would with me We can still live a life with open arms But it’s not going to be with me