Princess Andy

I used to know a fisherman
Who loved to hunt the sea for sharks
He'd gut them with a crooked grin
And shake their entrails out into the foaming sea
Then came to pass an angry turn of fate
A shark capsized his trolling boat
The fisherman was tossed out with his bait
And felt those dagger teeth sink into his skull
The wounds released his blood into the sea
And too he float along with it

The fisherman drew his knife out of his sleeve
And cut the lip line, separating tooth from gum
He rode the vicious corpse back to the port
A crown of shark teeth on his head
The long shore men, in fear and awe
They called him devil, called him god
And they called him

Princess Andy
With a knife at his fingertips
Princess Andy
He'll cut a smile on your lips

I met him in a bar that night
And he was sodden as a fish
He offered me a sip of squid and gin, he said
Let's celebrate, the devil wants us all to live
And we've been, we've been though the empty avenues
As of our tenets, bolt the doors, I bade farewell
'Cause I was leaving for the noon, he said
Poseidon plays the fates, I bet we'll see each other soon
I walked the trolley tracks back to my room
A fog creeping in like a barge
I watched the canal waters stretching out the moon
Curling its reflection like the friendly disposition of

Princess Andy
With a knife at his fingertips
Princess Andy
He'll cut a smile on your lips

A cataract sun and ravens on the sails
As we pulled anchor from the docks
By afternoon, the sky was spewing hail
The captain went right overboard, upended by the gale
I head the main mast groan before it tipped
Sails akimbo, as it fell it drove the deck into the belly of the ship
Waves swarmed us like hyenas scrapping for a carcass
And I woke floating as the first moon beam fell onto Andy's silver smile
His face grew dim as the blade slipped from his teeth
He grabbed my outstretched hand, ohh

Princess Andy
With a knife at his fingertips
Princess Andy
He'll cut a smile on your lips

A body floats in the water, strange and pink
Sharks are angling for a meal
Andy's there too stroking all their fins

Princess Andy
With a knife at his fingertips
Princess Andy
He'll cut a smile on your-
Princess Andy
With a knife at his fingertips
Princess Andy
He'll cut a smile on your lips