Girl at the End of the Pier - Graham Parker

As the twilight was returning

And the sun began to fall

I walked down to the beachfront

And watched the whitecaps roll

A flare exploded over the ocean an orange tear

Then I saw at the corner of my eye

The girl at the end of the pier

She stood and stared at the brightness,

Glowing and complete

In her crinoline and lacing

With the wood beneath her feet

She walked in splinters shedding the salt of a single tear

Who will fill up the vacuum inside her

The girl at the end of the pier

The toffee apples strewn on the pavement

The candy floss sticks to the tar

The organ grinder’s monkeys

Been freed from enslavement

He ran beneath the wheels of a family car

The toffee apples strewn on the pavement

The candy floss sticks to the tar

The organ grinder’s monkeys

Been freed from enslavement

He ran beneath the wheels of a family car

Now the funfair is shut down

And the coconut shy is gone

A carousel spins on regardless

And the big wheel creaks and groans

No one saw her run to the railing and disappear

One more drop in an unfeeling ocean,

The girl at the end of the pier

One more drop in an unfeeling ocean,

The girl at the end of the pier

Girl at the end of the pier

Girl at the end of the pier