After three days of being lost at sea
I ran ashore to rocky beach
I met a girl with long brown hair
Living alone down Mailbox Road

She told me she had found happiness
Took a deep breath, and said, "I'll tell you my story"
A year ago I left home
And I wasn't looking back

From a family of thirteen kids
Had a drunk for a dad, and nobody to save me
Had no money, so I stole a boat
Learned to sail and went up the coast

Had left this world behind
Get a fresh start, gonna take my time
On a fall day a storm rolled in
Crashed on these rocks and been here ever since

I built this home out of pieces of driftwood
Everything's provided and it comes from nothing
In between these two you've got something
If you close your eyes...
You can hear the music play
I spent the night, and it turned to a week
I tried to leave, but my attempts to flee
Were met with waves crashing down on me
I waved goodbye to society

I never meant to stay so long
For years restrained under the Devil's thumb
Couldn't cross the river for the water's too high
Forging away I nearly lost my life

I built this home out of pieces of driftwood
Everything's provided and it comes from nothing
In between these two you've got something
If you close your eyes...
You can hear the music play

The winter had set in and I wanted to quit
Jump in that river to never surface
The kings will find the Coho in the trees
There's a look in you eye that never leaves

A window to the world is a new sunrise
For every low tide there's a Scoter in flight
Built a fire and I watched it burn
And then the moon came out...
And I understood
I built this home out of pieces of driftwood
Everything's provided and it comes from nothing
In between these two you've got something
If you close your eyes

I built this home out of pieces of driftwood
Everything's provided and it comes from nothing
In between these two you've got something
If you close your eyes...
You can hear the music play