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We went to the bottom of the ocean

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We went to the bottom of the ocean
To dredge the sand for the plankton
Which is the cure for male erectile dysfunction

And they gave me a tiny submarine
With a plough on the front
It looked just like Thunderbird 4 - only not as good

And if I’m lucky then I’ll die inside this artificial mollusc
With ten thousand pounds in the bank
And if I’m lucky I won’t see the cracks that are snaking through the glass
Like an underwater spider’s web, they’ll be covered by the peak of my recently acquired submarine captain’s hat

And if I’m lucky then my widow will be twice as proud of me
Than if my life had carried on the way it was panning out to be: Cabin-boy, Captain, Commodore, and finally the man
Sending greedy sailors down in aluminium cans

To be swallowed by a giant squid
Swallowed by the dread abyss
Swallowed up in deepest blue
An insect in a child’s hands

And eulogizing empty, once again my words would say:
"He died at the bottom of the ocean
Dredging the sand for the plankton
Which is the cure for male erectile dysfunction"

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from We went to the bottom of the ocean, released August 11, 2010

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The Sound of The Ladies London, UK

The Sound of The Ladies are the indie-schmindie alt. folk stylings of Martin Austwick, except live where it's him plus a bunch of cool musicians. He likes Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, and some other bands and solo musicians.

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