Young man, come to me and ask me for a smoke

Straight off of Bourbon Street alley cat with a dirty coat

He said it's hard out here just being me

When the people light the way that I want them to be

When I get the chance to build just what I see

Make me believe this life's for me and I will be free

That night, the architect can't sleep

He's laying out his plans

For the building with a new foundation

Built together by a million hands

Beyond the wires, just meant to fly

Getting out there beyond the fences into the sky

You know I'll find the place for my design

A new space for me and my piece of mind, yeah

I wanna build a home by the ocean

Underneath the sky, gonna leave the door wide open

So I can see everything, gonna build a home by the ocean

Buried in the sand, gonna leave the door wide open so I can sing

Oh, yeah, yeah yeah

I wanna build a home by the ocean

Underneath the sky, gonna leave the door wide open

So I can see everything, gonna build a home by the ocean

Buried in the sand, gonna leave the door wide open so I can sing

I'm gonna build a home by the ocean

Gonna leave the door wide open

So I can sing

Build a home by the ocean

So I can sing

Leave the door wide open

So I can see everything