My hotel is blue Beautiful ocean blue, Paint melting off the walls And I can hardly breathe Young men nod against the palms Turn blue and fail to breathe, But, I came here to see, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun One hundred thousand times I live just to hear you say (I live just for once to? I live just to want to?) Give up the sun, give up the sun... Down along the beachline Gulls pick at bones and glass, Old Jew remembers Broadway Among the tires and glass I try to remember Broadway I had a friend up there at last, And she can't help me now, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun One hundred thousand times I just want to hear you say Give up the sun, give up the sun... (Solo: Jeffreylee) Out there, the sea makes love Waves pinwheel to the bay, Oh, don't you leave me here There's ghosts and rooms of pain There's a storm out on the sea tonight And bodies filled with pain Palm wind across the sea tonight Black with whirling pain Alone against the docks tonight Nobody knows my name, And I can't go back again, So, Give up the Sun, Give up the Sun...