Well here's to drivin' out for days And here's to trying not to cave When we were still young We were dreamin' of an ocean full of love And promises of grandeur seemed so innocent to us And years, they will reveal all that a man is meant to be Lies in his heart and hands in time for all of them to see Look back on all the sandy shores of Stradbroke Island with the boys The sun, it seemed, would never fade The eastern bay became our home A thousand stars, a sea of trees, The hills, they just go on and on A lot alike the chasing of the dream, Is the romance of the home Maybe I needed this release To show me I am not a fool Like birds that fly away And have not one care for the rules And years, they will reveal all that a man is meant to be Lies in his heart and hands in time for all of them to see Yeah... and she said. "How many miles have you dreamt, tell me now, and where did it go?" Maybe along the California coast it jumped and headed home I never thought that I would be this old Not so soon... and ... no That all the roads I end up lost on just bring me back home So here's to you, my dream