The Nervous Wreck Of Edna Fitzgerald – Camille West – letras

We sailed away from Huntington Bayand the waters were calm as could be-ohOn our new cabin cruiser, the first time we used her’twas just the family and me-ohAnd my husband stood proud in his new captain’s hatusing words like ahoy there and- crap like thatSo we took the kid and Cleo our catand set outt o conquer the sea-ohEveryone loved it but Clee-ohAnd it’s yo ho over the seasThe salt and the spray and the cool ocean breezePass me a bottle of Perrier pleaseThis is the life for meThe tranquility three miles out to seasuddenly came to an end-ohwhen the kid started saying « No way am I stayingI’d rather be playing Nintendo-oh »And the captain cried « Ho there, you little snot,I paid fifty grand for this family yachtYou’re going to enjoy yourself, like it or notso you’d better learn how to pretend-oh »(We all caught the man’s innuendo-oh)And it’s yo ho over the seasThe salt and the spray and the cool ocean breezePass me a bottle of Dramamine pleaseThis is the life for meMy husband the captain was checking the chartswhile the cruiser was burning up fu-elAnd the kid threw the cat in, trolling for sharkshe called it a project for school-elI reached down to pull the cat in by the tailwhen I smelled what I held my complexion went paleThat’s when I lost my lunch over the railThe kid thought the whole thing was coo-elMama was not feeling too-wellAnd it’s yo ho over the seasThe salt and the spray and the cool ocean breezePass me a bottle of Valium pleaseIs this the life for me?We ran out of fuel by mid-afternoonand the clouds were moving in fast-erAnd the captain did say, « There’s no more Perrier »which made it a total disast-er.With hardly a warning it started to pourand we drifted ’til we reached the New Jersey shore(never thought I’d be glad to see Jersey before)We started drifting in fast-er,tried to steer the ship, but we crashed herNo more yo ho over the seasThe salt and the spray and the cool ocean breezePass me a bottle of cyanide pleaseThis is no life for me.I’m back in my condo, the cruiser’s a wreckMy husband is spending the insurance checkOn something for dry land or I’ll break his neck’Cause this is the life for meYo ho