Down by the bay, a man made of clay Dips his toes into the ocean, trying to wash himself away He jumps into the pond and he starts to dissolve And he dreams about the streams that bleed into the Amazon If you are a boulder that never leaves the shore You'll get ground up into sand and tracked onto the floor Swept into a pile on someone's kitchen tile These hurricanes have led my heart astray But maybe if I try my hardest, I'll finally chase the rainclouds all away ♪ I heard on the news that they keep finding shoes On the shores of Ecuador and no one knows what they should do They tried to give them away but there's more every day Ballet shoes in shades of blue and rubber boots and mary janes If you have to get away, don't take a pleasure cruise 'Cause you might get swept away, and you'll lose your shoes They'll end up in a pile on some foreign isle These hurricanes have led my heart astray But maybe if I try my hardest, I'll finally chase the rainclouds all away ♪ In a couple years, the land will disappear under the ocean When that day is here, I'll pack a bathing suit and tanning lotion I'll let the waves take me away (in a couple years, the land will disappear under the ocean) I'll let the waves take me away (when that day is here, I'll pack a bathing suit and tanning lotion) Away, away, away, away