Three Boats Down From The Candy Lyrics

----   "Three Boats Down From The Candy"  track 4 _B'sides Themselves_ ----

Three boats down from the Candy
Vacant deckchairs on a floodlit beach
Three boats down from the Candy
Rollers coast, invade the deepest sleep
Three boats down from the Candy
Carnal dancers let their senses preach

It's a social disease, it's the new moral cancer
Don't think while in need, they'll give you the answer

You ask for my love on the strength of a kiss
But can't you just play for experience
I'm a poet, I'm a minstrel, I don't need your chains
Romance lies in ruin, let debauchery reign, let it rain

Wipe the tears from your eyes, wipe the sweat from your thighs
Don't crawl to me with sentiment, my laughter drowns your cries
You're a memory trapped in polaroid, a puppet drowned in celluloid
So drink the wine, confess your sin, just flotsam in a silent void

Three boats down from the Candy
I remember you
Three boats down from the Candy
Much too much to lose
Three boats down from the Candy
Oh, those words were never true
Three boats down from the Candy
I remember you

[FISH 1983 -- Produced by Nick Tauber; (12 MARIL 1 B) Drums: John Martyr]