Lorelei

(album: It Amazes Me - 1965)

Back in the days of knights in armour
There once lived a lovely charmer
Swimming in the Rhine
Her figure was divine
She had a yen for all the sailors
Fishermen and gobs and whalers
She had a most immoral eye
They called her Lorelei
She created quite a stir
And I want to be like her

I want to be like that gal on the river
Who sang her songs to the ships passing by
She had the goods and how she could deliver
The Lorelei

She used to love in a strange kind of fashion
With lots of "hey, ho-de-ho, hi-de-hi"
And I can guarantee I'm full of passion
Like the Lorelei

Well now, I'm treacherous, ya ya
I just can't hold myself in check
I'm lecherous, ya ya
I wanna bite my initials on a sailor's neck, woo!

Each affair has a kick and a wallop
For what they crave I can always supply
I wanna be just like that other trollop
The Lorelei

Now, I tell you
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
If the river don't get you then the undertow must
But I, I wanna be Lorelei
Oh, and sit and whistle on a rock