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I Can't Swim Lyrics
She was naked
She was waiting by the seaside
She was crying
She was feeling up the ocean for me
Because she knows I can't swim
I was sobbing and a-wailing on the hour
C'mon darling
C'mon c'mon c'mon
You know I know I can't swim
I need air
Just some oxygen, I think it's only fair
A reprieve, oh pardon, please
I read my sentence and it seems a tad extreme
She's complaining all night
With a warm, salty sneeze
The coastline stretches for days
Now it's all I see
I play the fool,I play dumb
I kept the flow of denials
Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire
Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's five fourteen in the morning
It's bad, bad, bad as you go
I played with the sun to called on the dawn:
Where you hiding?
Where you hiding?
She was coated and devoted to the shoreline
She was young, beautiful and the skin was on fire
And she knows I can't swim
I never learned
So I'm not sure what songs misology will lure
A wayward glance will make me land
I've been convicted and most certainly condemned
Drift each nautical mile
Under a blistering heat
Is this heaven or hell?
Or in between?
I play the fool,I play dumb
I kept the flow of denials
Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire
Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's five fourteen in the morning
It's bad, bad, bad as you go
I played with the sun to called on the dawn:
Where you hiding?
Where you hiding?
Don't take my heart
Cuz it's a ?? to the storm
and without it I would float
on my days and nights
I'd rather sink to the floor than continue with this pyre
So don't take my heart
Cuz it's a ?? to the storm
and without it I would float
on my days and nights
She was waiting by the seaside
She was crying
She was feeling up the ocean for me
Because she knows I can't swim
C'mon darling
C'mon c'mon c'mon
You know I know I can't swim
Just some oxygen, I think it's only fair
A reprieve, oh pardon, please
I read my sentence and it seems a tad extreme
With a warm, salty sneeze
The coastline stretches for days
Now it's all I see
I kept the flow of denials
Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire
Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's bad, bad, bad as you go
I played with the sun to called on the dawn:
Where you hiding?
Where you hiding?
She was young, beautiful and the skin was on fire
And she knows I can't swim
So I'm not sure what songs misology will lure
A wayward glance will make me land
I've been convicted and most certainly condemned
Under a blistering heat
Is this heaven or hell?
Or in between?
I kept the flow of denials
Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire
Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's bad, bad, bad as you go
I played with the sun to called on the dawn:
Where you hiding?
Where you hiding?
Cuz it's a ?? to the storm
and without it I would float
on my days and nights
I'd rather sink to the floor than continue with this pyre
Cuz it's a ?? to the storm
and without it I would float
on my days and nights
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Wow. Not so good interpretation here.
She was naked She was waiting by the seaside She was crying She was filling up the ocean for me Because she knows I can't swim
All the wailing and the sobbing on the hour C'mon darling C'mon c'mon c'mon You know you know I can't swim
I need air Just some oxygen, I think it's only fair A reprieve, a pardon, please I've read my sentence and it seems a tad extreme
The tears kept raining all night With a warm, salty sting The coastline stretches for days Now it's all I see
I play the fool, I play dumb I kept the flow of denials Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's five fourteen in the morning It's bad, bad, bad as you go I plead with the sun to called on the dawn: Where you hiding? Where you hiding?
She was golden and devoted to the shoreline She was young, beautiful and her skin was on fire And she knows I can't swim
I never learned So I'm not sure what songs the sirens use to lure A wayward lad whose legs need land I've been convicted and most certainly condemned
To drift each nautical mile Under a blistering heat Is this heaven or hell? Or in between?
I play the fool,I play dumb I kept the flow of denials Can't believe I let my excuses up to no fire Each one a dead albatross and a one-way ticket to Devil's Isle
It's five fourteen in the morning It's bad, bad, bad as you go I played with the sun to called on the dawn: Where you hiding? Where you hiding?
Don't take my heart Cuz it's a worthless little stone and without it I would float all my days and nights I'd rather sink to the floor than continue with this pyre
So don't take my heart Cuz it's a worthless little stone and without it I would float all my days and nights
Don't know about the "line of excuses" line. I hear "Can't believe I line my excuses up single file", but that doesn't seem right.