Marillion Lyrics

Album: Afraid of Sunlight

Cannibal Surf Babe Lyrics

(Music: Marillion Lyrics: Steve Hogarth & John Helmer)

Well she tied me to the headboard with a surf leach

And her wet hair hugged her body like a long-lost friend

And I really tried my best to get across to her 

But nothing she would say could be defended

Well her birthday suit it was her only present 

When I looked into her eyes - no history 

And I told her eating people wasn't pleasant 

But she laughed a snake eye laugh and walked away from me

I watched her as she walked across the coals 

I watched her as she walked across the coals

She was singing: I was born in nineteen sixty weird 

And I am your nightmare surfer babe 

Mr. Wilson where's your sandbox and your beard

Are you still looking for the perfect microwave

So I did my best to try and get across her 

I said: "One day every pebble hits the beach" 

And I kissed her face and held her like a long-lost friend

But she was too far out there to be reached

She was singing: I was born in nineteen sixty weird

I'm your nightmare surfer babe

Mr. Wilson where's your sandbox and your beard

Are you still looking for that perfect microwave?

And the sun came up over the mountain

And the waves rolled in across the bay

And the fabulous brightly coloured birds flew up out of the forest 

And she said "Well we're all heaven's beautiful children livin' together in paradise 

Lie down my dear... you're going to enjoy this"

She looked like she'd had sex

With a tyrranosaurus rex

She was singing: I was born in nineteen sixty weird

I'm your nightmare surfer babe

Mr. Wilson where's your sandbox and your beard

Are you still looking for that perfect microwave?

And I watched her as she walked across the coals 

And I watched her as she walked across the coals