Rockport

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A Day in Rockport, Massachusetts

Arrival by Rail

The morning began on the MBTA Commuter Rail, outbound from Boston’s North Station. After the train rattled past marshes, granite quarries, and glimpses of Gloucester Harbor, it eased to a halt at the line’s final stop: Rockport Station. Stepping onto the small platform felt like walking straight into a postcard—salt-tinged air, gulls circling overhead, and clapboard cottages peeking through the pines.

A Walk Through Village Lanes

From the station, I followed the gentle slope of Railroad Avenue and then cut down quiet residential streets. White picket fences framed pocket gardens bursting with beach roses, and weather-worn shingles shimmered silver in the sun. Friendly “good mornings” floated from front porches—proof that Rockport is still more village than tourist town.

Bearskin Neck: Granite, Galleries, and Sea

Soon the lane narrowed into Bearskin Neck, the finger of land pointing squarely at Sandy Bay. Art galleries, ice-cream windows, and lobster-trap displays lined the old granite blocks. I lingered at the end of the Neck where Motif No. 1, the famous red fishing shack, posed for painters and Instagrammers alike. The rhythm of halyards against aluminum masts sounded like wind chimes on a nautical scale.

Lunch with a View

Hunger nudged me back toward town and up the hill to Ocean View, the aptly named restaurant perched above Back Beach. A corner table by the window delivered the goods: fried haddock so fresh it practically swam to the plate, and a panorama stretching from Thacher Island’s twin lighthouses to the curve of Cape Ann.

Beach Ramble

After lunch, shoes came off and pockets filled with sea glass on Front Beach. The outgoing tide left shallow tide pools that mirrored the cobalt sky, and the sand felt warm enough to rival a heated blanket. Kids built fortresses of damp sand while parents read paperbacks half-hidden behind sunglasses.

Wandering Past The Eagle House Inn

Back on dry streets, I wandered up Cleaves Street and paused in front of The Eagle House Inn—a 19th-century sea captain’s home turned cozy lodging. Its verandas were draped in flowering vines, and rocking chairs faced the harbor. Even from the sidewalk you could imagine lingering evenings with a glass of wine and the steady hush of waves below.

Return to the Station

Late afternoon sunlight burnished every shingle to copper as I meandered through pastel cottages and artist studios on the way back to Rockport Station. When the train doors slid shut, I caught one last flash of ocean through the trees and realized how quickly a day can feel like a vacation when it’s spent among granite headlands, gull cries, and that briny Atlantic breeze.

Rockport receded behind me, but the scent of salt and sun-warmed cedar shingles lingered—an olfactory postcard, promising that the Neck, the beaches, and that window seat at Ocean View would be waiting next time.

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Verse 1
Stepped off the purple train at the end of the line,
“Rockport” painted gold on the worn old sign.
Salt in the morning, August on my skin,
I can taste the harbor before I even walk in.  

Pre-Chorus
Granite walls echo gulls that cry,
Calling me down where the sea meets sky.  

Chorus
Oh, Rockport, keep rolling like the tide,
From the rail yard stones to the ocean wide.
Bearskin Neck, you’ve got my heart on deck,
With the wind in the rigging and a sun-burned sky.
Oh, Rockport, let your bell buoys ring—
I’m alive in the song your breakers sing.  

Verse 2
Window-paned studios, watercolor light,
Artists paint the dawn, fishermen paint the night.
I grab a cup of chowder at the Ocean View,
Watch the schooners tracing cursive on the blue.  

Pre-Chorus
Footsteps drum on cobblestone,
Every corner feels like coming home.  

Chorus
Oh, Rockport, keep rolling like the tide,
From the rail yard stones to the ocean wide.
Bearskin Neck, you’ve got my heart on deck,
With the wind in the rigging and a sun-burned sky.
Oh, Rockport, let your bell buoys ring—
I’m alive in the song your breakers sing.  

Bridge
Through clapboard lanes and sea-glass yards,
Past names on mailboxes, dogs that stand guard,
We pause where the Eagle House watches the bay,
Porch lights flicker like stars at the edge of the day.
Hand in hand, we breathe it in,
Salt-sweet promise on a northeast wind.  

Verse 3
Low tide footprints curve like notes in the sand,
We dance where the surf writes its shaky shorthand.
Lanterns ignite as the dusk pulls through,
The whole wide Atlantic playing shades of blue.  

Final Chorus (double)
Oh, Rockport, keep rolling like the tide,
From the rail yard stones to the ocean wide.
Bearskin Neck, you’ve got my heart on deck,
With the wind in the rigging and a sun-burned sky.
Oh, Rockport, let your bell buoys ring—
I’m alive in the song your breakers sing.  

Oh, Rockport, hold me like the foam,
Every crashing wave says “welcome home.”
From the Eagle House porch to the Ocean View,
I’m forever a verse in the seasong of you.  

Outro (soft, a cappella)
Rockport…
Where the trains stop, but the dreams keep rolling on.