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Lyrics

Hurrah i awake from yesterday
Alive but the war is here to stay
So my love catherina and me
Decide to take our last walk
Through the noise to the sea
Not to die but to be re-born
Away from a life so battered and torn....
Forever...
Oh say can you see its really such a mess
Every inch of earth is a fighting nest
Giant pencil and lip-stick tube shaped things
Continue to rain and cause screaming pain
And the arctic stains
From silver blue to bloody red
As our feet find the sand
And the sea is strait ahead..
Strait ahead.....
Well its too bad
That our friends
Cant be with us today
Well thats too bad
"The machine
That we built
Would never save us"
That's what they say
(That's why they aint coming with us today)
And they also said
"It's impossible for man
To live and breath underwater..
Forever" was their main complaint
(Yeah)
And they also threw this in my face:
They said
Anyway
You know good well
It would be beyond the will of God
And the grade of the King
(Grace of the King yeah yeah)

So my darling and I
Make love in the sand
To salute the last moment
Ever on dry land
Our machine has done its work
Played its part well
Without a scratch on our bodies
And we bid it farewell

Starfish and giant foams
Greet us with a smile
Before our heads go under
We take a last look
At the killing noise
Of the out of style...
The out of style, out of style

Tracks

  1. 1968 AD Part Two
    01. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  2. 13. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  3. 17. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  4. West Coast Seattle Boy (1964/1970)
    2.213. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    Also from the Caruso tape (but without his accompanyment this time. Similar of course to the (better) version that had appeared on "Jimi By Himself" back in 1995.
  5. Electric Ladyland (1967/68)
    11. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  6. Electric Ladyland - The Apartment Recordings (1967/68)
    1.02. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  7. 1.12. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  8. 2.06. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  9. The First Rays Of The New Rising Sun (1967/70)
    2.13. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    2|16: [P731] Recorded at Jimi's apartment in NYC, early 1968; as on ACOUSTIC JAMS.
  10. Hendrix's Apt. in New York, 1968 (1968)
    1. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  11. Jimi by himself (1968-04)
    01. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  12. The Alternate Electric Ladyland Ltd. Ed. (1968/69)
    14. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    same as track 12
  13. 15. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    early studio take
  14. 16. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    a vocal mix - no bass and drums
  15. First Rays of The Rising Sun (1968/70)
    11. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    [1983]
  16. Electric Ladyland Outtakes (1968/70)
    14. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    (same as track 13)
  17. 15. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    (early studio take)
  18. 16. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    (a "vocal" mix - no bass and drums)
  19. Black Gold (1968/70)
    1.04. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  20. 5.05. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  21. Marshall Man, Ax Slinger (1968/70)
    3.03. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  22. 3.14. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    #2
  23. Acustic Jams (1968/70)
    1.04. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    part 1
  24. 1.05. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    part 2
    (Instrumental)
  25. 2.05. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
    (Instrumental)
  26. Multicolored Blues Volume 1 (The Unreleased Sessions) (1993)
    15. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  27. Best Of The Bootlegs (1996)
    03. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)
  28. Rare (2002)
    10. 1983 ... (A Merman I should turn to be)