Intro: E verse E Stitch up the nets but the patch won't stay As the nail beds rest in the calico hay A7 Am E The Fiji Mermaid dressed in macrame's Wading road in the fork and a bend In the spoon tern cut short as a shadow at noon A7 Am Melting like wax as that once full moons E Now waning ersatz acts an insufferable bore Sharp Shots dull as a harlequins sword A7 Am When doing as you please doesn't please you anymore Interlude: C G C A7 Am C G C E verse: E Stick of the match as the paraffin show Drop a nickel to watch the asparagus grow A7 Am The stone in what shell? E You sure like to know now don't you? A loom in the heir as the medicine came To the nest of the mare of the mystery claims A7 Am But you'll miss having someone to blame E For your sadness, now won't you? Well maybe there'll be a bakery hiring A7 Am We'll knead a little dough to get by Interlude: C G C A7 Am (2x) verse C E Did you come knocking on my door Or did I come to yours? C E Whose ship came washed up on whose shore? And from what ocean floor?