When you and I are older, we'll live out by the sea
So we can get up early, just to have our morning tea
The dogs will come up to us, and jump up on our knees
Our holidays behind us, it's where we'll want to be

When your dad was a young man, he sailed the seven seas
He rode his motorcycle, from Tunis to Tripoli
He wrote home to his sweetheart, slept underneath the trees
The open road before him was all that he could see
The open road before him was all that he could see

Now I'm not asking for a tall ship, or a star to sail her by
All I need's another minute inside the winter sea green of your eyes

A jazz quartet is playing, a concert in the square
But we can't hear the music, we just can't be there
I'd rather hear you singing, I'd rather hold your hand
Our holidays behind us, this is our chosen land
Our holidays behind us, this is our chosen land

Now I'm not asking for a tall ship, or a star to sail her by
All I need's another minute inside the winter sea green of your eyes

But now the sea is frozen, the boats stay in the bay
Forever now is broken into months and weeks and days
'I love you more than ever,' that's all I have to say
Our holidays behind us, it's where I want to stay
Our holidays behind us, it's where I want to stay