If I could have chosen where God would hide his heaven   I would wish for it to be in the salt and swell of the ocean   Carried by the currents to all continents' shores   Reaching into the depths where the sun’s light has never shown   Mixed with algae and coral   Breathed in by sharks and dolphins   Sailed by tanker ships, private yachts, swam in by tourists   Working its way up through inlets, lakes, and rivers, swamps, and estuaries   Down through limestone into the aquifer   Purified by the county, pumped through pipes and out faucets   Filled into a glass to meet the thirst of our children      If I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman   My mother once told me she would've named me Laura   I would grow up to be strong and beautiful like her   One day I’d find an honest man to make my husband   We would have two children, build our home on the Gulf of Mexico   Our family would spend hot summer days at the beach together   The sun would kiss our skin as we played in the sand and water   And we would know we loved each other without having to say it   At night we would sleep with the windows of our house left open   Letting the cool ocean air soothe the sunburned shoulders of our children      There is an Ocean in my soul where the waters do not curve   There is an Ocean in my soul where the waters do not curve   There is an Ocean in my soul where the waters do not curve   There is an Ocean in my soul where the waters do not curve