Full Lyrics: (Soft spacious guitar + tide wash) Verse 1 Walk the jetty where the tide rolls slow Salt-air breeze where the old tales go Ghosts of the fishermen long gone by Watch the waves beneath the sky They knew the swell, they knew the gale Knew the tides that never fail Left their mark on the bay’s dark shore — Stories drift forever more Verse 2 We walk the sand where their boots once trod See the sun sink down the sod New boats sail where the old ones sank New dreams rise where the old ones sank One wide world ‘neath the big blue dome — One wide bay, one coastal home We pass the torch from the old to young — Keep the ancient song well-strung Pre-Chorus One wide sky over cane and foam One red-dirt place we call home We come and go like the tide’s own breath — But the bay remembers every step Chorus Bay-side ghosts — driftin’ on the salt-wind! Stories live where the waves begin! Bay-side ghosts — watchin’ from the shoreline! Queensland heart, yours and mine! Bay-side ghosts — driftin’ on the salt-wind! Stories live where the waves begin! Bay-side ghosts — watchin’ from the shoreline! Queensland heart, yours and mine! Bridge The ocean don’t care for the rush or race It just keeps turnin’ its steady pace We’re only passin’ through the light — But our tales stay on through the night Final Chorus (softer, fading tide-blend) Bay-side ghosts — driftin’ on the salt-wind! Stories live where the waves begin! Bay-side ghosts — watchin’ from the shoreline! Queensland heart, yours and mine! (Fade: guitar + soft waves)
