Karine Polwart - Can't Weld A Body lyrics

rate me

You crafted and caressed her with a careful hand

But the lady didn't understand

And you riveted and plated her til morning

But with a coil or a careless spark

Or a tumble in the dark

She'll leave her mark upon you without warning

You can float a boat of steel upon the ocean

You can fix it up with nuts and bolts and toil

But you can't weld a body when it's broken

The lady she's as fair as Desdemona

She swallowed you up just like Jonah

And there the air inside her belly ailed you

And no-one saw you fall

And they did not hear your call

And your breath it faltered just before it failed you

On a cruiser that was fitted by your father

You anchored in San Carlos harbour

But the lady at the helm she was not for turning

And in your bell bottoms blue