Lyrics:

Out of work, I took a job as a hand on a boat
In a town called Matlacha
On my first day off, I was sittin' drinkin' beer
At a bar called the Dock of the Bay
When in walked a woman that every man eyed
But her eyes stayed right on me
The guy next to me, he whispered real low
"There's more to her than you can see"
"She comes from the Back Bay
Better stay away
She lives up on the Back Bay"
And then he moved on away

Well, she came and sat down and the hours flew by
And the beer flowed just like the tide
The sun went down and the moon came up
And there was fire in her eyes
She took me for a ride in the white moonlight
In a boat like I'd never seen
As the bay flew by, the sky was alive
I was seein' things that I'd never seen
She said "You're goin' to the Back Bay
You're gonna see my way
'Cause there's magic on the Back Bay
You might even want to stay"

Well, I woke in the mornin' to her houseboat rockin'
Eye to eye with an old brown hound
There was fresh mullet fryin' and strange birds cryin'
And no one else for miles around
I saw her standin' there with a breeze in her hair
I knew I never wanted to leave
I saw my things all around, I knew she'd been back into town
And already made the move for me
She said "You're movin' to the Back Bay
You're gonna see my way
You're gonna love it on the Back Bay
And you're always gonna stay"
I love it on the Back Bay

I'm gonna stay on the Back Bay
There's a heaven on the Back Bay
Back Bay
Back Bay
Back Bay