Late afternoon dreaming hotel
We just had the quarrel that sent you away
I was looking for you are you gone gone
Called you on the phone another dimension
Well you never returned oh you know what I mean
I went looking for you are you gone gone
Down by the ocean it was so dismal
Women all standing with shock on their faces
Sad description oh I was looking for you
Everyone was singing girl is washed up
On Redondo Beach and everyone is so sad
In the 1970s Redondo Beach was a popular destination for Southern California’s lesbian community.  Though the song is about Smith’s sister (see opening annotation) it has often been understood as a song about a lesbian relationship “widely interpreted as the lament of a woman whose girlfriend has committed suicide and whose body washes up on a Los Angeles beach popular with lesbians and gays”  according to this interview .
Redondo Beach