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Pocket Fulla Quarters

from Coyote Wings by Zoe Mulford

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A love-song to Ocean City, New Jersey based on my spouse's memories of summers spent there in the 1980's

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Summer days in a summer town
summer people are walking 'round
they go flip-flop on the boardwalk, they lie in the sand
Every year we build the beach up good
but the sand washes down to Wildwood
The dark sea is hungry and it eats away the land

but we've got ice cream and lemonade
a pocket fulla quarters at Jilly's Arcade
Summer money to be made, gotta last the whole year
Old guys with fishing gear
standing in a line at the end of the pier
They're praying for a week of sunny days
before another summer's washed away

Summer nights in a summer town
the party starts when the sun goes down
they go flip-flop on the boardwalk under carnival lights
Summer lovers hand in hand
are standing in line at Wonderland
to be flung high in the dark sky and laugh at the night

'cause they've got ice cream and lemonade
a pocket fulla quarters at Jilly?s Arcade
Summer money to be made while we hold back the tide
Bumper cars and water slides
everybody wants just one more ride
They're praying for a week of sunny days
before another summer's washed away

Under the boardwalk, the sea's creeping back
It sucks at the pilings, it foams through the cracks
You can stare past the railings at white-caps on black velvet waves

but we've got ice cream and lemonade
a pocket fulla quarters at Jilly's Arcade
Summer money to be made, gotta make a bit more
Beach balls and boogey-boards
all the little children who come down the shore
They're praying for a week of sunny days
before another summer's washed away

Summer days in a summer town - flip-flop on the boardwalk
Summer people are walking round - flip-flop on the boardwalk
Ice cream and lemonade - flip-flop on the boardwalk
Summer money to be made - flip-flop on the boardwalk
Beach balls and boogey-boards
all the little children who come down the shore
and all the guys with fishing gear
standing in a line at the end of the pier
and all the merchants down the shore
(except for the guy who owns the video store)
They're praying for a week of sunny days

© 2007 Zoe Mulford/ SquashFlower (ASCAP)

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from Coyote Wings, released January 1, 2013

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Zoe Mulford Manchester, UK

American songwriter Zoe Mulford is best known for "The President Sang Amazing Grace," which has been covered by Joan Baez and the Kronos Quartet and was the International Folk Awards Song of the Year in 2018.

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