[Intro]
[Verse]
A small girl is holding a carpenter s hand
Their eyes are looking down on the sand
Down on the sand
[Verse]
Holding a pebble that she s found
He shows her secrets in this jewel from the ground
This jewel in the ground
[Chorus]
She sells shells upon the seashore
Things slip through her hands so fast
She won t find love anymore
Not find love any more
[Verse]
The winter s tales in Salem last
The girl s a woman now, the childhood past
The childhood s past
[Verse]
She sells her finds to those who ll buy
Lends a hand to those who try
To those who try
[Chorus]
She sells shells upon the seashore
Things slip through her hands so fast
She won t find love anymore
Not find love any more
[Verse]
Winter s fury throws waves ashore
An unchanged flow of an ancient law
This ancient law
[Verse]
Black then gives way to liquid jaws
Millions of years to settle a score
They settle a score
[Chorus]
She sells shells upon the seashore
Things slip through her hands so fast
She won t find love anymore
Not find love any more
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
Walking to a spot she knows
Where the land has slipped again
A hammer held tight in her hand
She works on in the rain...
[Instrumental]
[Verse]
A lighthouse beam bleeds into the sea
She moves the earth so patiently
So patiently
[Verse]
A landmark of history she will find
Her father s face appears in her mind
He comes to her mind
[Chorus]
She sells shells upon the seashore
Things slip through her hands so fast
She won t find love anymore
Not find love any more
[Outro]
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee...
Mary is running by the sea
Mary is running by the sea
Mary is running by the sea
Mary is running by the sea