Port City

You and I will find paradise in a port city
Spent our whole lives feeling landlocked, bored
In the afternoon we will walk the pier, watch the waves
Count the clouds, draw me near, feel the heat, yeah, real pretty

We hugged the shore to get here and it loved us back
A couple of kids with a backpack and some cash stacks
Here in a lancha with people who're dreaming of half that
Try to decipher the Spanish, like if we are really respectful
The damage from tourists will vanish
Yeah, I'm just being candid - There's a chance we could wind up
On some random island abandoned
It could happen, but life doesn't go just the way that you planned it
Forget why you're falling and focus on landing

You and I will find paradise in a port city
Spent our whole lives feeling landlocked, bored
In the afternoon we will walk the pier, watch the waves
Count the clouds, draw me near, feel the heat, real pretty

Glassy seas conceal razor-sharp coral reefs
Drained of life they could rip our boat easily
I don't second-guess it in the open water, leeward breeze
Read the leaves, tell me did I do right by the least of these?
Put our faith in this kid revving the engine, he's seventeen
I guess you grow up fast at the coast but I've never seen
A choppier ocean to hop across and I'm feeling green
We've got to make some peace with these border guards
Try to find some sleep

You and I will find paradise in a port city
Spent our whole lives feeling landlocked, bored
In the afternoon we will walk the pier, watch the waves
Count the clouds, draw me near, feel the heat, real pretty

We didn't know this beach would be
So rough when we set out
But we got a table and played with the labels on bottles
The shade is amazing for now
The port is a lifeline
Hundreds of people a day making the trip of a lifetime
No papers, see what the day brings
Got to rely on the grapevine
So we make time to just listen
Arepas con queso and rum, that's good living
Jose was there with us since the beginning
He don't talk much but he's good at convincing
I hope he finds what he's after
Travelling this hard and this far he has to believe in some magic
I want to see him relaxing
When he settles down, I hope it's all he imagined

You and I will find paradise in a port city
Spent our whole lives feeling landlocked, bored
In the afternoon we will walk the pier, watch the waves
Count the clouds, draw me near, feel the heat, real pretty