The Smith Street Band - When I Was a Boy I Thought I Was a Fish lyrics

Walking back to my house the
Morning after the sugar cube
And the heavens opened up
And drowned the heat
With the trace elements tickling my spine
I took my shoes off and danced in puddles
On the sudden downpour ghost town street

Hello, my name is Wil and I slept through the
Millennium but what I wouldn't
Give to be young, dreaming and ten again
It’s New Years 2009
With what's in my system I won't
Be sleeping for a long time
And when I was a boy
I thought I was a fish and I still love
The ocean like when I was a kid
But lately I have come to the conclusion
That I'm disappointingly probably human
And I've come a long way
From those amphibious days
And I'd like to thank the things I've seen
The friends that I've made
All the people that have hurt me, the times
That I've been saved and to music
Which has made me it's most obliging slave
There's blood on this guitar, there's
Sweat between these keys
When I step forward to the mic it’s
With my tail between my knees
But we aren't here to fight
We are here to dance

And then the summer crept up like
Only a Melbourne summer can
We ducked back in our alleys and
Pretended to hate our tans
And told each other one day
We'd all look back and smile
While knowing that we've
Been drinking ourselves
To sleep for a long time
And now we're back at work and
We're working on those numbers
They're getting us in our sleep
We're having nightmares in our slumber
About the dealers and the overheads we're
Going to have to pay
Just pass out it’s a job for another day

And last night I kissed a girl
That I met in a bar
Which seems momentous given how things are
We made out all morning then slept in
The afternoon and she said, "Wil
I think that I can deal with you"
And I never found the right way to say thanks
To Alex for keeping my head screwed on
For telling me when I was wrong
Even though I've known all along
It’s time to clean up, start a band
Get back on the road again stay
Sober and appreciate my friends
So I'd like to say thank you to
Every single one of you for everything