Postcard # 12

March 22nd, you know what year it is

Snorkeling in the South China Sea

Over a city built of coral reefs

With tiger-striped fishes minding their own business

I'm like a spaceship hovering in her sky

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

I'm surfing their society

The ocean's own little hierarchy

The weak gets eaten by the stronger

But the little gets stronger in number

Coalitions and schools form

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

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A cleaner fish swims by

Checking tails and fins for parasites

Like a shoe shiner on Wall Street

The blue-collar worker of the sea

We all do what we can to get by

Find a niche that keeps us alive

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

Ooh

A current pushes me back to shore

Sends a shiver across the ocean floor

And the spaceship over the ocean surf

Back to planet earth

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

Ooh, I'm snorkeling in the South China Sea

Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea

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