The Mermaid Parade

In New York this morning, it was 8am LA time

And I could be there by this evening

Said the girl on the airline line

So I bought that ticket, and I got in that cab

But I didn't make it babe

To the airport like that

No I wound up walkin

Out by the ocean today

And there were naked women

Dancing in the Mermaid Parade

And O Amanda did you see me today

Watchin those women dancing

In the Mermaid Parade

And O Amanda were you with me today

Watchin those women waltz by

In the Mermaid Parade

Now our hearts were on fire

Only two weeks ago

And our bodies were like live wires

Down on the beach in Mexico

But I came back to this city

And you stayed home in LA

And then our two years of marriage

In two short weeks somehow just slipped away

And I know all about your new man

Your new older, old man

And I heard that he's married

O you be careful Amanda

And yeah I got a new friend too

And yeah she's pretty and she's small

But god damn it Amanda

Ah god damn it all

I went out walkin

Out by the ocean today

And there were naked women dancing

Dancing in the Mermaid Parade

And O Amanda did you see me today

Watchin those women dancing

In the Mermaid Parade

And O Amanda were you with me today

Watching those women waltz by

In the Mermaid Parade

And O Amanda were you with me today, no

Watching those women waltz by In the Mermaid Parade