1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)

Hooray, I awake from yesterday
 Alive but the war is here to stay
 So my love, Katherina and me
 Decide to take our last walk
 Through the noise to the sea
 Not to die but to be reborn
 Away from a life so battered and torn
 Forever, forever
 Oh, say can you see, it's really such a mess
 Every inch of earth is a fighting nest
 Giant pencil and lipstick tube-shaped things
 Continue to rain and cause screaming pain
 And the Arctic stains
 From silver blue to bloody red
 As our feet find the sand and the sea
 Is straight ahead, straight up ahead
 Well, it's too bad, that our friends can't be with us today
 Well, that's too bad
 "The machine that we built would never save us"
 That's what they say
 (That's why they ain't coming with us today)
 And they also said
 "It's impossible for man to live and breathe underwater forever"
 Was their main complaint
 (Yeah)
 And they also threw this in my face, they said
 "Anyway, you know good and well
 It would be beyond the will of God
 And the grace of the King"
 Grace of the King, yeah, yeah
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 So my darling and I make love in the sand
 To salute the last moment ever on dry land
 Our machine has done its work, played its part well
 Without a scratch on our bodies and we bid it farewell
 Starfish and giant foams greet us with a smile
 Before our heads go under, we take a last look
 At the killing noise of the out of style
 The out of style, out of style
 So down and down and down and down
 And down and down we go
 Hurry, my darling, we mustn't be late for the show
 Neptune champion games to an aqua world is so very dear
 Right this way, smiles a mermaid
 I can hear Atlantis full of cheer
 Atlantis full of cheer
 I can hear Atlantis full of cheer