The Microphones - I'm A Pearl Diver lyrics

I'm a hard working pearl diver. I spend the night on the shore. I'm a breath holding pearl diver. I live on the ocean floor. I was born in 78 and I grew up on an island. I learned early on the value of the pearl, I aged and my lungs aged and my strength, it grew and grew until I set off out into the world. I tried beaches and bays that I found along the way and I made my pay from the pearls I found each day. Sleeping on the sand, scars on my hands, here's how I lived my final day. I woke up early this one morning cause I had a weird feeling about that day. I should have noticed the grey cloudy warning but I swam mysely out into the bay I dove down deep to feel around between the rocks and the mud. There was a sound that dropped down towards me, a pearly voice from above. It said, "Wait around, make yourself drown, I'll be right down and we'll go to town and forever just float around." So I waited and waited and waited and waited and my weight went away and just went off. Ssssalty water poured into my lungs and hard working hands turned to rot.