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Nightride To Trinidad

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Robyn Hitchcock Canonical path: /hitchcock-robyn/nightride-to-trinidad Related lyric paths: 6
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Nightride To Trinidad

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Well, the worst trip I ever had

Was a night ride to Trinidad

All the anchors waving in the air

On long black chains of greasy hair

I was riding on a loaf of bread

When I should have been downstairs instead

All the waiters was greasy as hell

And the old one rang on a dismal bell

Come back baby with your iron lung

That makes me feel forever young

Oh, the sun was high and the Earth was small

Just a tiny little muddy ball

And the captain tried to sell his shoes

To a foreign bloke, but he refused

But there was nothing any of us could do

To stop that damn thing swallowing you

When the dawn came up and I paced the deck

There were limpets growing around my neck

Come back baby with your iron chain

That makes me feel twenty-five again

Yeah, six bells, oh ho

Aw, floating in a vat of yeast (Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

Was a handsome human female beast(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

And she tried to kill herself three times(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

But she got engulfed in living slime(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

With inflating grapefruits on her chest(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

Oh, she told me that she loved me best(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

Well I told that I loved her worst(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

And that any second I was gonna burst(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

Ah, look at the moon, it's starting to melt

Well I'm not surprised, the way everything felt

Alright sir

Cold

(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

(Oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oomba oom)

Well, the worst trip I ever had(Irene, a coast is clear)

Was a night ride to Trinidad(I dream the coast is clear)

(Irene, a coast is clear)

(Irene, the coast is clear)

(Irene, a coast is clear)

"Ahoy there, Mr. Watson, lower the mainsail!" (Irene, the coast is clear)

"Aye Aye, Cap'n... much obliged."

"By the way, Mr. Watson... Have we got any of those sticky things left?"

"Oh, sticky things, Sir, I dunno...Go down the hold and have a look."

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