1983... [A Merman I Should Turn to Be] lyrics

Hurrah! I awake from yesterday

Alive but the war is here to stay

So, my love, Catherina and me

Decide to take our last walk

Through the noise to the sea

Not to die but to be re-born

Away from a life so battered and torn

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 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 aren'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 well

It would be beyond the will of God

And the grace of the King.”

(Grace of the King yeah, yeah)

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

• Artist:The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Album:Electric Ladyland (1968)