Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Mermaids

She was a catch

We were a match

I was the match

That would fire up her snatch

But there was a catch

I was no match

I was fired from her crotch

Now I sit around and watch

The mermaids sun themselves

Out on the rocks

They are beyond our touch

I watch and watch

Them wave at me

They wave at me

They wave and slip

Back into the sea

All the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the water

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 seventy two 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

I watch them out on the rocks

They wave at me

They wave at me

They wave and slip

Back into the sea

All the ones who come

And all the ones who go

Down to the water

All the ones who come

And the ones who go

Down to the sea