Counterclockwise

Bought a poncho and sandals
 I threw away my shoes
 Brought a toothbrush and a razor
 I probably won't use
 Hit the track, turn my back
 on the Headlines News
 On my way to meet the moon on the bay
 Where she's risin' big and full and blue
 Well the gringo boys got their dark sunglasses
 And the girls on the beach
 are all shakin' their fingers
 'Cause no matter how dark the lenses
 They can see that the eyes
 and the minds of the boys
 are somewhere they ain't supposed to be
 The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
 It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
 And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 No one recalls when the clock on the wall
 stopped wavin' its hands all day
 Maybe it died of loneliness or boredom
 Rest in peace, you know it's better this way
 The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
 It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
 And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 And all my friends are laughin'
 at each other's lies
 And the sea is singin' lullabies
 And everything's slowin' down
 flowin' counterclockwise
 everything's slowin' down
 flowin' counterclockwise
 Some of the Americans are ugly Americans
 But we know we ain't all that way
 So we nod and we smile
 and we wait a little while
 Because they never stay anywhere
 very long anyway
 The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
 It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
 And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 the kids are lightin' firecrackers
 Boom! Boom! Boom!
 And all my friends are laughin'
 at each other's lies
 And the sea is singin' lullabies
 And everythin's slowin' down
 flowin' counterclockwise
 everythin's slowin' down
 flowin' counterclockwise