When I was eighteen years old, we had a family reunion at Sullivan's Island, SC. This song tells the story of the day I was walking down the beach and saw a gorgeous young woman whose "hair was black and straight as straw" leading a menagerie of animals along the shoreline towards me. Yes, she did have a goat named Pruella! We began a two-year long-distance relationship, and I used to hitchhike to Sullivan's Island to see her. Eventually the fateful day arrived when... "You come to these forks where you have to choose, I took the path that led me far away, now all I have left of that girl and her goat, is a black and white photo in the sea oats, and it takes me back to that day."

Lyrics
The beach was smooth and the beach was fine

I’d seen eighteen suns I was half past blind

but I could see that you were headed straight for me

with your hair untied and your dogs off leash

a goat named Pruella and a cat named peach

I dropped my jaw and fell down on my knees

Julia, Julia, what a treasure I found by the sea

Julia, Julia, you were everything to me

Well, my heart was full as a billowed sail

your brown-eyed dog was wagging her tail

and every wish you made was my command

I hitchhiked down to Sullivan’s Isle

every month or so just to see you smile

and to leave our impressions in the sand

Julia, Julia, what a treasure I found by the sea

Julia, Julia, you were everything to me

Your hair was black and straight as straw

I did a double take ‘cause you were Ali McGraw

and maybe I was your Ryan O’Neill

you were a natural beauty without a flaw

your little cat peach was licking her paw

watching us making Love Story real

Well, I’ve lived a while I don’t know about you

but you come to these forks where you have to choose

and I took a path that led me far away

now all I have left of that girl and her goat

is a black and white photo in the sea oats

and it takes me back to that day

When the beach was smooth and the beach was fine

I’d seen eighteen suns I was half past blind

but I could see that you were headed straight for me

with your hair untied and your dogs off leash

a goat named Pruella and a cat named peach

I dropped my jaw and fell down on my knees

Julia, Julia, what a treasure I found by the sea

Julia Julia, you were everything to me

Julia Julia, you were everything to me