(I WANNA BE WITH YOU) BY THE SEA

Lyrics & Music: Ian McLeish
 
 

1.
I'd like to be by the sea with you -
Long hair against your skin so brown;
I'd like to hold you on a moonlit night -
Breathing in without a sound.

2.
I'd like to take you to a wonderland -
A place where no one else can go;
To know you love me without hearing it -
Would cure the aching in my soul.

Chorus 1.
And you know, I wanna be with you -
Where the sun floats down to meet the sea;
'Cause lady, I've got this need for you -
By your side's the only place I want to be.

3.
And when the forests whisper to the sky -
The song their singing is your name;
I know the love that's there behind your eyes -
And the mountains echo my refrain.

Chorus 2.
And you know, I wanna be with you -
Touch your face and never let you go;
Oh lady, don't set me free from you -
Your smile's the one reality I know.
 
 

Copyright: 1976 Ian McLeish
Published: 1976 McMusic LTD. CAPAC
Renewed: 1990 Mousehole Music SOCAN
 

Chuck: Drums, Percussion
Ian: Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Lead & Background Vocals
John:  Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Mary Ellen: Background Vocals
Geoff:  Synthesizers

Claps & Voices:  Geoff, John, Mary Ellen, Ian & Dave Sampson
 

(I Wanna Be With You) By The Sea - Ottawa, Spring 1976
Inspired by Ian Petrie's 'Another Lonely Sunday', and written the same night, this was the first love song I wrote that got a really positive response. It connected with the ladies and was easy to perform - though the lyric strikes me as a bit naive today. Still, it did it's job as a good confidence builder for my writing.