First appeared on the CD Some Kinda Funny in 1998. Re-recorded for Love Is The Weirdest of All in 2004.
©1998 Lou & Peter Berryman
Words by Peter, Music by Lou
With a picture of mom and a bottle
of pop
In my youth I did cruise the Bahamas
I brought my new pumps and my seersucker frock
But I spent the whole voyage in pajamas
My togs and my rackets I never unpacked
And the same with my Coppertone lotion
But the 100's of Dramamine tablets I brought
Were soon in the (ulp) in the ocean
CHORUS:
Be careful my daughter, for life is a voyage
And time is the ocean you're sailing
The trick is in keeping your eyes to the side
While your head is (ulp) over the railing
Up from a trough we would lurch
to a crest
And slip down the slope to a valley
To the odor of diesel and seaweed and fish
And grease from the (ulp) from the galley
The captain was living on parboiled squid
And inquired if I'd like to try it
I said thanks but I'm (ulp) i'm on a (ulp)
Thanks but I'm (ulp) on a diet
The dandies would pencil epistles
that read
When this cruise was over they'd miss me
So why wouldn't they (ulp) why wouldn't they (ulp)
Why wouldn't they (ulp) they kiss me?
They all said they'd like to but something's come up
I'm not sure exactly what that meant
D'ya spose it was (ulp), d'ya spose it was(ulp)
D'ya suppose (ulp) it (ulp) was my accent
But then I caught sight of your
father at last
He was green as the threatening sky was
And I knew in my heart he was my kind of guy
For he was as queasy as I was
It isn't the brand of the coffee you drink
But whom you are sharing the cup with
For it matters not much what you're holding inside
But (ulp) whom you (ulp) bring it up with