Now it's time to say goodbye
So here's some words to tell you why:
What was once a source of inspiration
The ideal environment for creation
Has been turned upside down
What got us high now gets us down
That paradise we found
Doesn't exist anymore
The power cuts more and more
Walking to the beach has become a chore
It's walking through a building site
Past casinos with their spotlights
A city sprung up overnight
Built by hundreds of trucks, tearing up the roads
Cutting the trees, dumping their loads
The environment around us is dying
But no-one is stopping it, no-one is crying
They're giving up
Seeing more money than they've ever known
Locals give up any land they own
And the barrang? Every day another one goes
What was someone's dream is now a business closed
Where to next? Nobody knows
We're all looking for the next place
Where maybe development won't be so fast paced
But as everyone moves to the next stage
The society we built here fades
And with no more community
All that's left is uncertainty
Did we jump in too quickly?
Did we see it naievly?
And if we start over, will it happen again?
Find paradise just before it's end
When we no longer feel free
But trapped in fantasy
It can sometimes feel
That it was never really real
A dream over before it got going
But hopefully we can part here knowing
That we have learned a lot
And although we smoked a lot of pot
All the people and moments won't be forgot
We had the chance to experiment
With building a guesthouse, running events
So many friends came to stay
So many people got the confidence to play
So many nights jamming away
It was more than a guesthouse, more than a bar
Stray Cats is a part of who we are
So even though it's time to part
Otres will always have a special place in our heart
