"Can't See The Ocean For The Rain" lyrics

Hold up again in the Thunderbird Motel
This place sure's seen better days
Lost in the rage, fragrance and regret
I can smell the ocean when the wind blows, blows my way

So much it's changed and it's not always for the better
Steinbeck would be turning in his grave
Canneries abandoned, stemmed his relics through a golden age
Whilst the tourists come in droves wave after wave

From Half Moon Bay to Monterey
Driving the PCH again
(Can't feel the ache or the pain)
From Morro Bay'n down to LA
Can't see the ocean for the rain
Can't see the ocean for the rain
(For the rain)

The rarified air of playing amongst its dust
It's the place I can only visit by invitation
Can't say is it long? I need more oxygen in this
It's not for me, this life of constant vindication

From Half Moon Bay to Monterey
Driving the Highway 1 again
(Can't feel the ache or the pain)
From Morro Bay down to LA
Can't see the ocean for the rain
Can't see the ocean for the rain
For the rain

Me, shrouded hills, sitting ready against the sky
The colour of the deepest dark, its most vicious brilliance
(Oooh oooh)
And the trees on the shoreline, a shape by lying in wait
(A shape by lying in wait)
We travel away, blows, I know I'll reap just what I sow
I got nothing to lose

From Half Moon Bay, to Monterey
Driving the Highway 1 again
(Can't feel the ache or the pain)
From Morro Bay down to LA
Can't see the ocean for the rain
Can't see the ocean for the rain
For the rain
Can't see the ocean for the rain
Can't see the ocean for the rain