There's a new way of thinking
and I'll practice what I preach
Lots of places I'll be going
where I can learn and not just teach
There's a destination not too far
it's right within our reach
and the people there are happy
cuz to them Life is a Beach.

I'm gonna travel around the USA
and collect all kinds of friends
If you need me you can't find me
So you'll just have to wait
Gonna shake these ties that bind me
There's a world with my name on it
and I just can't wait to claim it
Don't you know that there's life out there
All you have to do is name it..

Say you'll come with me tomorrow
We'll go standby on that jet
we don't need a reservation
just play it all by ear
If you don't want to come along
then by all means, just stay here.

If you call and I don't answer
Don't be knockin on my door
I'll be sipping hot chocolate in Minnesota
with a guy I met named Thor
He drives me around in his pickup
with a snow plow on the front
We sing old Bread songs together
He's going to teach me how to hunt.

If you need me don't you worry
I'll be having lots of fun
I'm headed west to California
with a guy who works at my gym
Don't say I didn't warn ya
He's gonna teach me how to surfboard
I think his name is Tim.

If you're looking for me around town
Don't despair when I can't be found
I'm headed down to Georgia
with a guy I met at the Ground Round
He has a farm, and he sells peaches
and he's really rather sweet
If you want I'll send you a postcard
But for now I gotta get rollin
I'm feeling something really deep


If you're driving down the block
and you don't see my car
 Don't even wonder where I could be
cause I'll be somewhere rather far
I met a guy who makes pottery
He's got a shop outside Santa Fe
He's gonna take me with him
and that's all I'm gonna say
I'll be making jewelry, selling it
in his store
He's special, and he's funny
Kind looks like someone I'd like
to know a little more...

Baby, if you don't get this message
well I truly just don't care
Don't be worried or put out flyers
Cause I'll be just about everywhere.

Don't you report me missing
Because I'll report me found
I'm moving on to greener pastures
with this new "me" that's come around
She's  happy and she's smiling
You may not recognize her at all
But don't you worry about nothing
She's having herself a ball.

I'm gonna go where the wind blows
and see things I long to see
Surround myself with happy people
who wanna surround themselves with me
I'm not taking any baggage
I'm leaving it all right here
There's nothing here for me to salvage
I no longer have any fear
I'm ready to go everywhere
I'm learning how to dance
I'm headed for the places
where there is peace and some romance..

I won't be leaving a forwarding address
just a note upon my wall
tell all my friends and neighbors
I'ts been real, but I won't miss them at all
So I'm off like a prom dress
doing things I want to do
No teary eyed farewells
just this song I wrote for you.