My sister left at sunrise,
the day she turned seventeen
In that paisley cotton shirt and those faded jeans that I adored
And headed for the highway, going west without a map
Her battered guitar pressed against the window of that old beat-up Ford
(Harbour Road)
And she never came back
(Harbour Road) She never came back
(Take me) No, she never came back
(To Harbour Road)
I belong on Harbour
Road (I belong)
I sing my song on Harbour Road (sing my song)
Though the salt in the wind might corrode the letters spelling out the sign
for Harbour Road
I won’t get lost – I’m headed for my abode down the bottom
of Harbour Road
(Down the bottom, down the bottom)
Harbour Road (down the bottom)
My brother left
his eighteenth year, all legs and arms at six feet two
His giant hands clutching loose leaf papers and dusty leather-bound books
He boarded a train for some crazy town in a county far away
As I waved to him, he didn’t even look
(Harbour Road)
And he never came back
(Harbour Road) He never came back
I belong on Harbour Road (I belong)
I sing the song of Harbour Road (sing the song)
Though I tried
to leave so many times, the sky and the sea kept calling me home
The sandy shores and the smell of pine wouldn’t leave me alone
Whispers and kisses and wishes…
(Harbour Road,
Harbour Road) I belong on Harbour Road
(Take me to Harbour Road) I sing the song of Harbour Road
(Harbour Road, Harbour Road) I belong on Harbour Road (I belong)
(Harbour Road, Harbour Road) I sing the song of Harbour Road (sing the song)
Though the salt in the wind might corrode the letters spelling out the sign
for Harbour Road
I can’t get lost – I’m headed for my abode down the bottom
of Harbour Road
(Harbour Road,
Harbour Road) Down the bottom of Harbour Road, down the bottom of Harbour Road
(Take me to Harbour Road) Way at the end of Harbour Road, down the bottom of
Harbour Road
(Harbour Road, Harbour Road) Just turn left on Harbour Road, down the bottom
of Harbour Road
(Take me to Harbour Road) You’ll find me on Harbour Road, MY HEART LIVES
ON HARBOUR ROAD
Words and Music © Monica
Max West