Train

Released: December 27, 2012

Songwriter: Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Tor Erik Hermansen Amund Björklund Espen Lind Pat Monahan

Producer: Butch Walker Espionage

[Into]
Whoa, whoa

[Verse 1]
Can’t swim so I took a boat
To an island so remote
Only Johnny Depp has ever been to it before
Stayed there 'til the air was clear
I was bored and out of tears
Then I saw you washed up on the shore
I offered you my coat
Thank goddess love can float
Crazy how that shipwreck meant my ship was coming in
We talked 'til the sun went down
Love on the Puget Sound
My treasure map was on your skin

[Chorus]
Beauty in the water
Angel on the beach
Ocean’s daughter
I thought love was out of reach
Until I got her
Had I known it could come true?
I would have wished in ’92
For a mermaid just like you, whoa
Just like you, whoa

[Verse 2]
Sharks green with envy, they wonder what you see in me
Funny but sometimes can’t help but wonder that as well
Now life is a holiday, making up for the years I paid
The way to this heavenly bay it went through hell

[Chorus]
Beauty in the water
Angel on the beach
Ocean’s daughter
I thought love was out of reach
Until I got her
Had I known it could come true?
I would have wished in ’92
For a mermaid just like you, whoa
Just like you, whoa

[Bridge]
Rescued you by the banyan tree
All the girlfish in the sea
Couldn't hold a candle to you
They don’t have a handle on you
They don’t have a scandal on you
I love Ecco sandals on you
Saving me was b-i-g
All the boyfish in the sea
They all wish that they could be me
Can’t swim so I took a boat
To an island so remote
Only Johnny Depp has ever been to it before

[Chorus]
Beauty in the water
Angel on the beach
Ocean’s daughter
I thought love was out of reach
Until I got her
Had I known it could come true?
I would have wished in ’92
For a mermaid just like you, whoa
Just like you, whoa

[Outro]
Just like you, whoa
Just like you, whoa

Train is an American rock band from San Francisco, formed in 1993. The band currently consists of Patrick Monahan (lead vocals), Luis Maldonado (guitar), Hector Maldonado (bass, vocals), Drew Shoals (drums), Jerry Becker (keyboards, guitar), Sakai Smith (backup vocals), and Nikita Houston (backup vocals).

With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, and Charlie Colin, the band achieved mainstream success with their debut album Train, which was released in 1998 with the hit “Meet Virginia”. Train’s 2001 album, Drops of Jupiter contained the lead single “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”, which won two Grammy Awards in 2002. The album was certified double platinum in the United States and Canada and remains the band’s best-selling album to date.

Train’s third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit “Calling All Angels”. Following the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released their fourth album, For Me, It’s You in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass). Despite a generally positive reception from critics, the album was commercially unsuccessful. Because of this, Train went on a two-year hiatus from recording any new music.

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