The sky's a big blue blanket round the sun Holding satellites and space junk by the ton And I heard they built a hotel on the moon So the tourists get a longer afternoon Was a time Was a place We'd go swimming at the Forty Foot And life was good I just wanted to say I'm sorry I've tried to forget the many ways I've let you down But the sea holds the memory And tonight, oh tonight I can feel it rolling over me The story's heading south The wild birds fly But I'm this boy, that boy Forty storeys high Come and take us to the water We'll go swimming at the Forty Foot Where life is good I just wanted to say I'm sorry I've tried to forget the many ways I've let you down But the sea holds the memory And tonight, oh tonight I can feel it rolling over me I tried to throw my arms Around the world All at once into the future I was hurled And now we sprinkle stars like sawdust On an empty bar room floor It's hard to find the door I just wanted to say I'm sorry I've tried to forget the many ways I've let you down But the sea holds the memory Where the little fishy sleeps Dreaming of how we lived it up All on the cheap The sea holds the memory Tonight, oh tonight I can feel it rolling over me The sea holds the memory