In New York this morning, it was 8am LA time
"And I could be there by this evening," said the girl in the airline line
So I bought that ticket and I got in that cab
But I didn't make it, babe, to the airport like that

No, I wound up walking out by the ocean today
And there were naked women dancing in the Mermaid Parade
And oh, Amanda, did you see me today?
Watching those women dancing in the Mermaid Parade
And oh, Amanda, did you see me today?
Watching those women waltz by in the Mermaid Parade

Now our hearts were on fire only two weeks ago
And our bodies were like live wires down on the beach in Mexico
But I came back to this city and you stayed home in LA
Then our two years of marriage in two short weeks somehow just slipped away

And I know all about your new man - your new older, old man
And I heard that he's married, ah, you be careful, Amanda
Yeah I found a new friend too, and yeah, she's pretty and small
But god damn it, Amanda, oh, god damn it all

I went out walking out by the ocean today
And there were naked women dancing in the Mermaid Parade
And oh, Amanda, did you see me today?
Watching those women dancing in the Mermaid Parade
And oh, Amanda, were you with me today?
Watching those women waltz by in the Mermaid Parade
And oh, Amanda, were you with me today?
Watching those women waltz by in the Mermaid Parade