This is the title track of the album, and the song recounts the highs and lows of loving a crab, a squid, and an octopus, “a woman I’ve learned to trust.” We filmed this video on the Pensacola Pier on an early October morning in 2024. Pedro did a great job shooting one continuous take, capturing the scene of everyone beginning a day of fishing. Special thanks to Phil Kurtz for his amazing saxophone solos.

Lyrics

I’ve been walking this beach for years

carrying around this bucket of tears

collecting shells, my heart-shaped souvenirs

I’ve been walking around with these bones

the ocean sings ’cause she’s polishing stones and

blowing the reeds of her saxophone

I fell in love with a crab

she showed me how to use my words when I’m mad

but she pinched me once for dressing up in plaid

I swam around with a squid

she helped me get in touch with my id

but we went our own ways, ’cause we were only kids

We found a place to play down by the waterside

we swam around all day down by the waterside

we joined in the parade down by the waterside

I tangled with an octopus

when she reached out her tentacles, I felt her touch

and she taught me to tango, and to double Dutch

she’s a woman I’ve learned to trust

we were juggling stars when I got that crush

now we’re riding the waves to the age of Aquarius

We found a place to play down by the waterside

we swam around all day down by the waterside

we joined in the parade down by the waterside

we found a place to stay down by the waterside

where palm trees gently sway down by the waterside

the ocean serenades down by the waterside

her kisses on our face down by the waterside

she carries us away down by the waterside

by the waterside, by the waterside

by the waterside, by the waterside