Story Behind The Song

A man searches for excuses as to why he can't turn a long-distance relationship into close one. He finally promises that if a bridge is ever built from his home in Tampa, Florida to hers in Galveston, Texas, then he would drive to get to her. In reality, he fears rejection and likes to keep physical and emotional distance.

Lyrics

?The Gulf?
Capers Simmons

VERSE I
You?re too far to reach by car; airplanes make me nervous,
And I never took a train ride in my life.
Perhaps I?m scared to take that dare my heart is always making,
But I will blame the distance that divides.

PRECHORUS
A promise made is a broken chain
Excuse all my excuses,
I?ll just say that I?m afraid to fly.

CHORUS I
But if they ever build a bridge across the Gulf of Mexico,
Then I?ll drive that thousand miles to get to Galveston.
But bridges break in hurricanes and tidal waves may roll,
So I?ll grow fins and swim across the ocean.

VERSE II
It?s always tough, in Florida, to beat the rush-hour traffic,
And Alabama?s troopers slow things down.
That Mississippi River, and the Louisiana Delta,
Might just flood the roads up on my way out

~PRECHORUS~

~CHORUS I~

BRIDGE
Love is a ride on the edge of the sky
On the wings of a pure white dove.
In spite of it all, I?m so scared I might fall.
Can you make me brave enough?

~CHORUS I~

CHORUS II
If they ever build that bridge across the Gulf of Mexico,
Then I?ll ride on down the miles to get to Galveston.
But hearts can break when hurricanes of love begin to blow,
So I?ll grow wings and fly across the ocean.