[ti:Mermaids] [ar:Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds] [00:01.77]She was a catch [00:05.19]And we were a match [00:08.49]I was the match [00:09.85]That would fire up her snatch [00:14.98]There was a catch [00:18.24]I was no match [00:21.02]I was fired from her crotch [00:25.86]Now I sit around and watch [00:29.80]The mermaids sun themselves out on the rocks [00:35.51]They are beyond our touch [00:39.18]I watch and watch [00:43.57]Wave at me [00:47.10]They wave at me [00:50.63]They wave and slip [00:54.48]Back into the sea [01:04.96]All the ones who come [01:08.30]All the ones who go [01:11.84]Down to the water [01:18.80]And all the ones who come [01:22.12]And all the ones who go [01:25.52]Down to the sea [01:32.50]I believe in God [01:36.00]I believe in mermaids too [01:39.72]I believe in seventy-two virgins [01:42.26]On a chain, why not, why not [01:46.41]I believe in the rapture [01:49.68]For I've seen your face [01:53.00]On the floor of the ocean [01:57.73]At the bottom of the rain [02:07.06]I do driver alertness course [02:10.29]I do husband alertness course [02:13.77]I do mermaid alertness course [02:17.54]Watch them out on the rocks [02:21.87]Wave at me [02:25.30]Wave at me [02:28.79]They wave and slip [02:32.46]Back into the sea [02:42.87]All the ones who come [02:46.31]All the ones who go [02:49.78]Down to the water [02:56.61]All the ones who come [03:00.06]And all the ones who go [03:03.62]Down to the sea [03:10.26]For all the ones who come [03:13.65]And all the ones who go [03:17.15]Down to the water [03:24.09]All the ones who come [03:27.39]And all the ones who go [03:30.85]Down to the sea