Hoyt Axton – Torpedo lyrics

(Hoyt Axton)

She said, "You're a living legend." I said, "Thank you kindly ma'am."
She said, "Don't be so smug I don't mean good."
I said, "I beg your pardon I just don't understand?"
She said, "That's all right I never thought you would."

Oh, she was a torpedo, she got me in the engine
I never saw the bomb she threw at me
Oh, she was a torpedo and when she exploded
I closed my eyes and sank beneath the sea.

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She said, "I'd like to know you better." I said, "Honey, here I am."
She said, "Don't move so fast I'm kind of shy."
I said, "I beg you pardon." She said, "I'm not that kind of girl."
She took her beer and hit me in the eye.

Oh, she was a torpedo and I was her tanker
I knew right then she should be left alone
Oh, she was a torpedo and I was her target
I closed my eyes and sank beneath the foam.

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She said, "She'd never leave me and she'd treat me like a king."
I told her that I'd love her all my life
She took me to the cleaners then she drove me up the wall
She borrowed my last dime and called my wife.

Oh, she was a torpedo and I was a tanker
I never should have met her in that bar
She was a torpedo and when she was loaded
She wrecked my life and then she wrecked my car.

Oh, she was a torpedo she got me in the engine
I never saw the bomb she threw at me
Oh, she was a torpedo and when she exploded
I closed my eyes and sank beneath the sea...