Song Description
A girl is trapped in a life of poverty and abuse
| Song Length |
3:11 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Depressing, Moving |
Subject |
Sadness, Poverty |
| Similar Artists |
Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Sunshine State
Michael R. J. Roth / Eric Ramsey
Torn mattresses belching rusty old springs
Discarded bottles, a lopsided swing
Dumped on the side of this unhappy street
Dusty palms droop in glum misery
Mourning over a dead yellow lawn
And a car with its hood in a permanent yawn
Chorus:
In the sunshine state where the dolphins swim free
Just a few blocks away in the beautiful sea
A young lady in black satin lingerie
The marks of a beast on her body and face
Stumbles out through a wrought iron gate
Wishing the sun would get out of her way
Staring at cracks in the sidewalk
As if they were some kind of roadblock
Chorus:
In the sunshine state where the dolphins swim free
Just a few blocks away in the beautiful sea
The sun makes her squint as if it's hard to see
Why she clings dearly to a life that's so cheap
She wants to run off to a place with more charm
And heal all the bruises that ink up her arms
A guy up the street took the last of her cash
One man's daughter is another man's trash
Chorus:
In the sunshine state where the dolphins swim free
Just a few blocks away in the beautiful sea