Marillion - Three Boats Down From The Candy lyrics

Three boats down from the Candy

Vacant deckchairs on a floodlit beach

Three boats down from the Candy

Rollers coast, invade the deepest sleep

Three boats down from the Candy

Carnal dancers let their senses preach

It's a social disease, it's the new moral cancer

Don't think while in need, they'll give you the answer

You ask for my love on the strength of a kiss

But can't you just play for experience

I'm a poet, I'm a minstrel, I don't need your chains

Romance lies in ruin, let debauchery reign, let it rain

Wipe the tears from your eyes, wipe the sweat from your thighs

Don't crawl to me with sentiment, my laughter drowns your cries

You're a memory trapped in polaroid, a puppet drowned in celluloid

So drink the wine, confess your sin, just flotsam in a silent void

Three boats down from the Candy

I remember you

Three boats down from the Candy

Much too much to lose

Three boats down from the Candy

Oh, those words were never true

Three boats down from the Candy

I remember you

[FISH 1983 -- Produced by Nick Tauber; (12 MARIL 1 B) Drums: John Martyr