Precious Feelings

Tropical cruising
Eight weeks at a time
Crooning old love songs at the bar every night
And serenading OAPs is not where I thought I'd be by now
But there's no elegant way to sell out

Then something happened at the breakfast buffet
I saw an angel spooning bile in onto her plate
And my stomach joined in with the water aerobics display
I must be sea sick, this will go away

That night I was choking out my usual set
When I saw you slow dancing with the newly weds
And I couldn't sing the chorus,
Couldn't spit it out
So this is what Elvis was singing about

They told me to keep it light and breezy
Nobody cares about your precious feelings
They said
Keep it light and breezy
Nobody cares
Nobody cares
Believe me

Let's get off in nowhere in particular
Settle down all picket fence and sprinklers
Let's leave this all behind
We'll smooth sail to nowhere in particular
All my friends say I'm being ridiculous
I do this every time

And by the time we reach St Petersburg
You'll be gone and another taken lover will get on and
You'll never see me again
I get off at ten
But I'll be all smiles once in winter

Keep it light and breezy
Nobody cares about my precious feelings
They said
Keep it light and breezy
Nobody cares, nobody

Calm down baby don't freak out
I have no one else to daydream about
I'll be crying over somebody else next week
We're in the middle of the ocean but it's not that deep