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Kentucky Mermaid

from Squirt, Rubber Heart by Al Duvall

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A mermaid swam around the harbor welcoming the fleet
She met a handsome sailor and he swept her off her feet
She fell hook, line and sinker- she was wet behind the ears
He hauled her up and brought her home, a long way from her peers

Kentucky mermaid, unlucky mermaid
Sits in the bathtub all day
Some life that she leads, just smoking seaweed
And putting the pound cake away
She used to swim around like nothing mattered
Now she’s a fishwife and she’ll end up battered
Kentucky mermaid, you shoulda sure stayed
Back in the Sargasso Sea

Folks watch her splashin’, he takes their cash in
Life has no porpoise, she sighs
Rubs on some lotion, thinks of the ocean
And saltwater pours from her eyes
With bated breath she waits for him to ship out
And tries to pull the fishhook in her lip out
Kentucky mermaid, you shoulda sure stayed
Back in the Sargasso Sea

She went outside to find a creek to sit in
She met a catfish and had kid/fish/kittens
Then tossed her bag in the water wagon
Back to the Sargasso Sea

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from Squirt, Rubber Heart, released June 1, 2011

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