Young man come to me

And asked 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 ain't the way that I want them to be

When I get the chance to build this world, I see

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

That night, the architect can't sleep

He laying out his plan

For the building of a new foundation

Put together by a million hands

Beyond the wires, just meant to fly (fly)

Getting out there beyond the fences, into the sky

You know I'll find a place for my design

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

I'm gonna 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

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm gonna 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

Then buried in the sand

I'm gonna leave the door wide open

So, I can sing

Woah! (Gonna build a home by the ocean)

Woah!

Woah! (I'm gonna leave the door wide open)

So, I can sing

Woah! (Gonna build a home by the ocean)

Woah!

So, I can sing

Woah! (I'm gonna leave the door wide open)

So, I can see everything