The Ocean Songtext / Lyric

If I could have chosen where God would hide his heaven

I'd wish for it to be in the salt and swell of the ocean

Carried by the currents to all continents' shores

Reaching into depths where the sun's light has never shown



Mixed with algae and coral, breathed in by sharks and dolphins

Sailed by tanker ships, private yachts, swam in by tourists

Working its way up through inlets, lakes, and rivers

Swamps, and estuaries, down through limestone into the aquifer



Purified by the county, pumped through pipes and out faucets

Filled into a glass to meet the thirst of our children






And if I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman

My mother once told me she would have named me Laura

I'd grow up to be strong and beautiful like her

One day I'd find an honest man to make my husband



We would have two children, build our home on the Gulf of Mexico

Our family would spend hot summer days at the beach together

The sun would kiss our skin as we played in the sand and water

And we would know we loved each other without having to say it



At night we would sleep with the windows of our house left open

Letting the cool ocean air soothe the sunburned shoulders of our children



There is an ocean in my soul

Where the waters do not curve