Castles Made of Sand – English Lyrics

• By: The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Down the street, you can hear her scream, "You're a disgrace"

As she slams the door in his drunken face

And now he stands outside

And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool

He cries, "Oh girl, you must be mad

What happened to the sweet love you and me had?"

Against the door, he leans and starts a scene

And his tears fall and burn on the garden green

And so castles made of sand fall in the sea

Eventually

A little Indian brave who, before he was ten

Played war games in the woods with his Indian friends

And he built a dream that when he grew up

He would be a fierce warrior Indian Chief

Many moons passed, and more the dream grew strong

Until tomorrow, he would sing his first war song

And fight his first battle, but something went wrong

Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea

Eventually

...

There was a young girl whose heart was a frown

'Cause she was crippled for life and she couldn't speak a sound

And she wished and prayed she could stop living

So she decided to die

She drove her wheelchair to the edge of the shore

And to her legs she smiled, "You won't hurt me no more"

But then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say

"Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way"

And it really didn't ever stop

It just kept on going

And so castles made of sand slips into the sea

Eventually

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