[Verse 1]

A light on a platform

Perfume of a secret

The sound of scissors

And a girl with a faint smile

Moaning like a brick wall

As she merges on the highway

Could she be a doctor

Or a light on a platform

[Bridge]

Every day I start new

In the mask of the afternoon

My history forgotten

In the bottom of the ocean

In the light of the platform moon

[Chorus]

I grew up by the highway

She grew up by the sea

She hears her name in the sound of the waves

But the ships hold a message for me

I was born by the highway

She's got sand in her hair

The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night

Will never reach her there (never reach her there)

[Verse 2]

Woke up on a black beach

With a face I didn't recognize

My history forgotten

In the bottom of the ocean

[Bridge]

Everyday I start new

Broken mast and abandoned crew

Her mystery is rotting

In the bottom of the ocean

In the light of the platform moon

[Chorus]

I grew up by the highway

She grew up by the sea

She hears her name in the sound of the waves

But the ships hold a message for me

I was born by the highway

She's got sand in her hair

The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night

Will never reach her there (never reach her there)

[Chorus]

I grew up by the highway

She grew up by the sea

She hears her name in the sound of the waves

But the ships hold a message for me

I was born by the highway

She's got sand in her hair

The lonely sounds of the traffic in the night

Will never reach her there (never reach her there)

Will never reach her there (never reach her there)

Will never reach her there