Navy Nurse

Lyrics

I got warnings from jealous friends
 Cases of borrowed clothes and a vial of Dramamine from my mother
 And she said, "Forget what mom likes 'cause things have changed"
 Taught me how to make booze at home
 Call it "Old Uncle Zeke" and drink it early next week
 Now, if there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 If there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 If there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 It's nice to go nautical when choosing a doormat
 Oh, so nice to go nautical when choosing a doormat
 I trust my navy nurse smile will put them on their feet again
 I know my navy nurse smile will put them on their feet again
 Save a glacier name for my daughter
 For when the snow turns red, when the train pulls away
 Listen to them whisper:
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 So on a warm winter night
 On a worry-free winter night
 Still a woman who enjoys feminine props
 like a filmy sky crowded with filmy white clouds
 In parrot green and lemon yellow
 Appeared champagne's daughter
 Sitting in a blue lacquered chair with wide gypsy stripes
 If there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 If there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 If there's anything I've had enough of, it's today
 For it seems no matter whether I weekend in Nice or Newark
 I get no peace, so you shirk
 The excursion and watch them remove from the hold
 This year's champion Dwarf Marigold
 This year's champion Dwarf Marigold
 This year's champion Dwarf Marigold
 This year's champion Dwarf Marigold
 But as there's no snakeroot anywhere on the vessel
 Or at any of the scheduled landings
 And certainly no leopard flower
 At least he's a first-class gold brick
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 (She's alert, she's open-minded, she's involved)
 Took the velvet-caped me, let me tell you, from the golden slope
 Riding the golden gulf weave
 Park this Florida houseboat
 On the rocky coast so I can see
 Sit side by side beside myself me
 On a ninety inch sofa and matching loveseat
 Listen to them whisper:
 "If there's anything I've had enough of it's tonight
 If there's anything I've had enough of it's tonight
 If there's anything I've had enough of it's tonight"

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Duration
06:28
Key
7
Tempo
147 BPM

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