Mermaids - Reverend and The Makers

There’s no escaping from

The man it seems that I’ve become

Despite the fact that we are one

I turn my back and I try and run away

Don’t make me put 'em on

The trousers you bought yesterday

Probably won’t fit me anyway

If I close my eyes and I hope that I might change

The scourge of the sailors

You better stay away

I’ll be the butt of the playground jokes today

But I’ll be a mermaid and I will have my way

When I slip back to the sea again

There’s nowhere I can run

To beat the taunts that you find fun

And to be the daughter and not the son

I wonder if that’s what you really crave

There’s no escaping from

The man it seems that I’ve become

Despite the fact that we are one

I close my eyes and I hope that I might change

The scourge of the sailors

You better stay away

I’m the butt of the playground jokes today

But I’ll be a mermaid and I will have my way

When I slip back to the sea again

The scourge of the sailors

You better stay away

I’ll be the butt of the playground jokes today

But I will be a mermaid and I will have my way

When I slip back to the sea again