mayday

amanda somerville

setting sail

i'm homeward bound

full of metaphors and rhymes

thought i'd find some refuge on your shores

didn't think that you would mind

you treat me like i'm a patient

leave me to my own demise

cast me out into an eastern wind

throw me to the raging tides

i've crashed and burned

i guess i'll have to swim

i bail it out

but water's pouring in

mayday

mayday. this ship is gonna sink

baby

baby. now

why you gotta be

so crazy

crazy. won't someone answer me?

mayday

mayday

baby

mayday

mayday

adrift alone on wayward seas

try to follow in your wake

i know i should get back on course

but it's too dark to navigate

i never saw it coming

oh

i didn't read the signs

you're a cut and run

i'm on my own

no

you'll never toe the line

no land in sight; won't help me if i swim

no way to fight against these wicked winds

mayday

mayday. this ship is gonna sink

baby

baby. now

why you gotta be

so crazy

crazy. won't someone answer me?

mayday

mayday

baby

mayday

mayday

i raise my hands to part the sea

but not even moses could save me

as i capsize you stand by

and salute me in my futile fight

here comes a tidal wave to drown me in my sin

i'm overboard

my future's looking grim

and i'm yelling in the microphone

mayday

mayday. this ship is gonna sink

baby

baby. now

why you gotta be

so crazy

crazy. won't someone answer me?

mayday

mayday

baby

mayday

mayday

mayday

mayday

baby

mayday

mayday

mayday

mayday