Looking Down The Coast

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Lookin' down the coast I can't see the end, where is the end of fog rollin' in
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Lookin' down the coast I see the rugged headlands, risin' from the sea at Land's End
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Sittin' at a place called Nepenthe we can see it there, mountain lions' lair

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Sittin' at nepenthe lookin' down on the coast, Partington Cove, and Portuguese coast
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And just off the rocks floatin' out in the bay, sea otters play in the cool ocean spray
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The California gray whales playin' there, haven't got a care

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This must be Monterey I see firelights 'round the bay, the indians lived this way
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I must go ashore and find out if the soil is good enough to till
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We'll take our treasures, trinkets too and go ashore and inland, too, the king wants it that way
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We can rule the seas and spread the word of God to every heathen land
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For one long year we've been to sea I miss my wife and family, my mistress is the sea
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Oh it's been so long since I have had a woman's breast to lay my head on

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Lookin' down at Little Sur from Hurricane Point, clouds blowin' by where eagles fly
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And blowin' so hard the waves turnin' white, blowin' all day and blowin' all night
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And through the eyes of the hawk you can see it there, the mountain lion's lair

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Headin' for the Big Sur valley at last, racin' fast across Lighthouse Flats
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And just at the rocks there came such a sight, a lighthouse keeper's house and lighthouse light
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The California Condor once was there, does anybody care

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We'll fill our holds with native gold and then we'll save their heathen souls
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The king wants it that way

Chart prepared by Francis Greene