1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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    Hurrah i awake from yesterday
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alive but the war is here to stay
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so my love catherina and me
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decide to take our last walk
through the noise to the sea
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 not to die but to be reborn
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away from a life so battered and torn...
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[Interlude]
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forever...

[Verse 2]
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 oh say can you see its really such a mess
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every inch of earth is a fighting nest
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giant pencil and lipstick tube shaped things
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continue to rain and cause screaming pain
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and the arctic stains
from silver blue to bloody red
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as our feet find the sand
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and the sea is strait ahead..

[Interlude]
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  strait ahead.....
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       well its too bad

[Chorus]
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that our friends
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cant be with us today
well thats too bad
"the machine
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  that we built
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would never save us" thats what they say
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thats why they aint coming with us today
and they also said

[Bridge]
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"its impossible for man
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to live and breath underwater..
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forever" was their main complaint
and they also threw this in my face:
they said
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anyway
you know good well
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it would be beyond the will of God
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and the grace of the King
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[Verse 3]
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so my darling and I
make love in the sand
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to salute the last moment
ever on dry land
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 our machine has done its work
played its part well
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without a scratch on our bodies
and we bid it farewell
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starfish and giant foams
greet us with a smile
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before our heads go under
we take a last look
at the killing noise

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of the out of style...
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[Solo 1 (Guitar)]
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[Solo 2 (Drums)]
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[Solo 3 (Guitar)]
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[Solo 4 (Drums)]
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[Solo 5 (Guitar)]
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[Solo 6 (Bass)]
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[Solo 7 (Guitar)]
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[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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So down and down and down  and down we go
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Hurry my darlin' we mustn't be late
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   For the show
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Neptune champion games to an aqua world is so my dear
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Right this way smiles a mermaid
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I can hear atlantis full of cheer

[Chorus]
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            Atlantis full of cheer
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  I can hear atlantis full of cheer
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[Solo 8 (Guitar)]
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[Outro]
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