i thought i saw god
through frays of total blood
at some hampton beach club
and half-convinced he had
the things i thought he did

at first it seemed a little speck
and then it seemed a little mist
we took our drinks out to the deck
we watched that silver ladder twist
we flew over the hills, the harbor bar
over the wakeward-flashing spray
we watched it shrink, that Jag, that jaguar
we watched our old friend fall away

my heart, oh, feel it pounding
to watch our little town receding
they're not knowing why or how we're leaving, only believing