Fishdaddy by Ithaka
I had a headache my body felt cold
But I was still kinda young, twenty-six years old
Poisons of all sort flowed through my brain
I never felt sorrow and I rarely felt pain
Why did I always wear a frown
What was it? What was getting me down ?
The problem is I ain't no city-slicker
I dig street sounds, but I ain't no quick sticker
I like bashing lips of a different kind
If I don't get wet soon, I'm gonna loose my mind
I closed up shop, I locked my house up tight.
I headed for the ocean in the middle of the night
First by foot, then a bus and a train
I arrived at a lonely beach that had no name.
I waxed up, then I paddled out alone.
But what I saw next almost turned me to stone
A lovely mermaid with snakes for hair.
I was immobilized by her deep, sultry stare
Every word she said was like a little song
This was no hallucination, my mind wasn't gone.
She said; Excuse me landman, but I want to make a baby
I said; Let me think about it...maybe
But fifteen seconds later, I said all right
And sixteen seconds later is when I saw the light
She began glowing just like a ball of fire
But where the hell had gone my desire?
I didn't know whether to worship her..or buck
Was I dead, or was this just good luck
She said; Landman, don't be nervous don't be shy
But if you don't give it to me I will probably die
All right, Your Highness...if it's a matter of life and
death
I'll give you what you ask, I'll give you my best
Didn't know much about being a father to a fish
But she'd more than convinced me to do as she wished
We did it upside right and upside down
Under the water and above ground
After twenty-four hours we finished the deed
The she asked me, Now lanman is there anything that you
need
I said You sweet fish you there is only one thing that
I would like you to do
Take me with you to your underwater world
Cuz I care about you Miss half-fish/Miss half-girl
She said that Posedon wouldn't like it much
But that she'd try to talk with him today at lunch
To our surprise, Poseidon didn't dispute a thing
Just said, a brother Greek to be a future king
Me? A fish king in the ocean blue
That sounded all right I needed a life that was new
We go married the very next week
No more cars for me, no more city streets
I learned to breath water, like I used to breath air
Snakes grew from my head where there used to be hair
In a few short months Manta's belly grew
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