Richard Thompson - Let It Blow lyrics

He was a species on the verge of extinction She was an Air New Zealand hostess They were mystically joined, like Rawicz and Landauer Like Pinky and Perky, like Porgy and Bess O he loved the pursuit and the romance But the details were more of a chore When the bride's veil lifted, his mind soon drifted - At least that's what happened before Let it Blow, let it snow Let the mercury bubble and dive Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas Remind me I'm glad I'm alive O she loved the clinking of gla**es When the toast was to noble and princes In the conjugal nest she was seen at her best With her keen eye for curtains and chintzes She had all the furniture ordered By the time they were naming the date And her mother came speeding from distant Dunedin To help with the flowers and cake Let it Blow, let it snow Let the mercury bubble and dive Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas Remind me I'm glad I'm alive At the chapel of Partial Remembrance The ushers went into a seizure Mr. Bacchus, they said, Should we stand on our head? Would sackcloth and ashes displease you? And they honeymooned down in Ibiza Where the sun and the nightlife were hot As she lay on the sand, he said, Isn't it grand? I bring all of my wives to this spot Let it Blow, let it snow Let the mercury bubble and dive Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas Remind me I'm glad I'm alive A life of volcanic activity Left him nothing to spout but hot air A long interruption since his last eruption Was disguised by sheer devil-may-care But some charm and some sk** and maneouvre Had him rising to meet the occasion And for once, they found bliss, but news of their tryst Got to Fleet Street, and caused a sensation Let it Blow, let it snow Let the mercury bubble and dive Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas Remind me I'm glad I'm alive And the press was baying for blood now They gave them a week at the most We were all glad to see it reach weeks two and three But the fourth week, the whole thing was toast And she dragged her tail back to New Zealand With threats of High Court and revenge Meanwhile his eye did stray to the ample bustier Of a novelty dancer from Penge Let it Blow, let it snow Let the mercury bubble and dive Life's little traumas and courtroom dramas Remind me I'm glad I'm alive