Sorrento - Tones and I

Lyrics by：Toni Watson

Produced by：Randy Belculfine/Toni Watson

David never played guitar he was a postman on a bike

He was just a simple man he never needed city lights

From a small town called Sorrento in 1945 he was a child

Oh and David drank his whiskey as he sat and watched the game

He was a Collingwood supporter but don't hold that against him

And one day he had a daughter

Who taught him what it takes to raise her right

Oh and nothing ever came for free for this oh so simple man

He worked for every dollar and he paid for every can

It was an honest life for an honest man

Let's go back to Sorrento oh let's go back to the beach

And we'll pick cowrie shells

Have fish and chips with sand beneath our feet

Well that simple life you loved

Well I think that's the life for me

That's the life I need

And David met a girl who would soon become his wife

And they had two kids and settled down

And built a little slice of

A little slice of heaven

In a town they both called home small town Sorrento

And as the time moves on old Sorrento turned to Rye

He still read the morning paper and bet on horses every night

Now his kids got kids of their own

He was a grandpa overnight overnight

Oh and nothing ever came for free for this oh so simple man

He worked for every dollar and he paid for every can

It was an honest life for an honest man

Let's go back to Sorrento oh let's go back to the beach

And we'll pick cowrie shells

Have fish and chips with sand beneath our feet

Well that simple life you loved

Well I think that's the life for me

That's the life I need

Oh and even though you're gone that old Sorrento feels the same

And just like you did as a kid they still play footy in the rain

And one day when I'm done I'll see you smile again and you say

Let's go back to Sorrento oh let's go back to the beach

And we'll pick cowrie shells

Have fish and chips with sand beneath our feet

Well that simple life you loved

Well I think that's the life for me

Let's go back to Sorrento oh

Let's go back to Sorrento oh let's go back to the beach

And we'll pick cowrie shells

Have fish and chips with sand beneath our feet

Well that simple life you loved

Well I think that's the life I need

That's the life I need

That might be the life for me

That might be the life I need

Let's go back to oh let's go back to the beach