The Nervous Wreck Of The Edna Fitzgerald - Camille West
We sailed away from Hunting Bay As the waters were calm as could be-oh On our new cabin cruiser, The first time we used her 'Twas just the family and me-oh And my husband stod proud in his new captain's hat Using words like "Ahoy there" and shit like that So we took the kid and Cleo our cat And set out to conquer the sea-oh Everyone loved it but Cleo-oh And it's yo ho over the sea The salt and the spray and the cool ocean breeze Pass me a bottle of Perrier, please This is the life for me The tranquillity three miles out to sea Suddenly came to an end-oh When the kid started saying, "No way I'm staying I'd rather be playing Nintend-oh." And the captain cried,"Ho there, you little snot I paid sixty grand for this family yacht You're gonna enjoy yourself, like it or not So you'd better learn how to pretend-oh (We all caught the man's innuend-oh) So it's yo ho over the sea The salt and the spray and the cool ocean breeze Pass me a bottle of Dramine, please This is the life for me? My husband the captain was checking the charts While the criser was burning up fuel And the kid threw the cat in, trolling for sharks He called it a project for schoo-el I reached down to pull the cat in by the tail When I saw what was left my complexion went pale That's when I lost my lunch over the rail The kid thought the whole thing was coo-el Mama was not feeling too-well So it's yo ho over the sea The salt and the spray and the cool ocean breeze Pass me a bottle of Valium, please Is this the life for me? We ran out of fuel by mid-afternoon And the clouds were moving in fast-er And the captain did say,"Thee's no more Perrier" Which made it a total disast-er With hardly a warning it started to pour And we drifted 'til we reached the New Jersey shore (Never thought I'd be glad to
Artist: Camille West