Alice At The Beach - Nerina Pallot

'65 in Massachusetts, Alice at the beach\nYoung kid drowning — she jumps in and pulls him from harm’s reach\nShe goes right to the middle of it, she goes right to the middle of it\nAnd here is the strangest thing. Are you listening?\nThis is the riddle of it, this is the riddle of it\nTen years later that boy from the sea saves a man who can’t swim\nIt’s Alice’s husband\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something that you can’t explain\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something you can’t give a name\nJanuary, New York morning: Hudson clear below\nSullenberger damns the silence — his heart’s an engine though\nHe goes right to the middle of it, he goes right to the middle of it\nAnd here is the strangest thing. Are you listening?\nThis is the riddle of it, this is the riddle of it\nHe lands that bird like a fly on a pond\nWalks the length of it twice 'til he knows that he’s done\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something that you can’t explain\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something you can’t give a name\nSo you just hold on, you just hold on\nYou don’t know what good is coming\nYou don’t know what good can do\nYeah you just hold on, you just hold on\nSee all that good that’s coming\nIt’s coming just for you\nYeah you just hold on\nYou just hold on…\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something that you can’t explain\nWhen you think ya got it figured out\nWhen you think ya know what life’s about\nThere’ll be something you can’t give a name\nKeep on holding on, keep holding\nYa keep on holding on, keep holding\nKeep on holding on, keep holding\nYa keep on holding on, keep holding