Nellie McKay
"Politan"


Santa Maria can you hear me
I've got no reason to live
They say I've been lucky
But it's all relative

Won't you make it easy
I've got to erase all the pain
They say it's behind me
But it keeps coming back

But if you knew my love
Then you would see my love
Never meant to interfere with all your plans
And if you cannot see
Why don't you come for me
And escape me to the world of politan

Io que la noche se hace
A la manana parece

Policeman please arrest me
I'd rather live in a jail
Than have to stay out here
Where everything fails

Won't you give me something
I'll pay you awfully well
I will reimburse you
If you'll just make the deal

But if you knew my love
Then you would see my love
Never meant to interfere with all your plans
And if you cannot see
Why don't you come for me
And escape me to the world of politan

You gotta say I'm an island
In the pacific
As miss o'day would say the view's terrific
The moral of the story is a doozy
Dizzy parade

You gotta say I'm an island
Oh you can't fake it
No if everybody knew the way to make it
The laurel and the glory would be taken
Man I'd be made