Mermaids - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

She was a catch

We were a match

I was the match that would fire up her snatch

There was a catch

I was no match

I was fired from her crotch

I sit around and watch

The mermaids sun themselves out on the rocks

They are beyond our touch

I watch and watch

Wave at me

They wave at me

They wave and slip

Back into the sea

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the water

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the sea

I believe in God

I believe in mermaids too

I believe in 72 virgins on a chain (why not, why not)

I believe in the Rapture

For I’ve seen your face

On the floor of the ocean

At the bottom of the rain

I do driver alertness course

I do husband alertness course

I do mermaid alertness course

Watch them out on the rocks

Wave at me

They wave at me

They wave and slip

Back into the sea

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the water

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the sea

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the water

And all the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the sea