Irving The Shark Lyrics - Singles - E.c. Davis

I was laying in the water 

Down in Islamorada 

sipping on a tropical drink 

starin' at the water 

I was dreaming of this girl there 

when this shark swam 

right uo too my feet 

I said howdy Mr.Shark 

Please don't you eat me 

He said his name was Irving 

And he wouldn't 

he said he came to talk 

he was appalled that my job 

didn't get me all the women 

that I wanted 

Irving said I was too nice 

needed meaness and more vice 

need to knock them down 

and them try to stomp them 

I said that I would try it 

but he really didn't but it 

cause he said that he would 

eat me if I didn't 

chorus: 

Shark,Shark,Shark, Irving the shark 

God I want to be like him 

Shark,Shark,Shark, Irving the shark 

They come back again and again 

So later late that night 

After playing I was tired 

A pretty little lady 

looked and smiled 

I walked up to her 

She said she loved me sure 

So I knocked her down 

And threw her in the water 

She screamed with delight 

Said she loved a good fight 

She grabbed mr by the hair 

And pulled me under 

She stuffed coral in my mouth 

Started knocking me about 

Screaming blackbelt third degree 

that's my number 

Chorus 

They found me the next day 

By a mooring in the bay 

I was half dead 

But later I recovered 

I went looking for that shark 

Gonna kill him sell his psrts 

Then it dawned it was a dream 

That went asunder 

If there's a moral to this song 

You gotta keep it moving on 

Just stay the way you are 

And have a beer 

If they think you gotta change 

Just look at them real strange 

And tell them 

They can stick it in their ear 

Chorus: 

Shark,Shark,Shark, Irving the shark 

I'm never gonna be like him 

Shark,Shark,Shark,Irving the shark 

The women he attracts like Jungle Jim 

So I'll stay the way I am 

If you like me that's just fine 

If you don't life's a bitch 

But I don't mind 

So I'll keep on writing songs 

trying to make it right or wrong 

And someday you'll be moved 

Within my songs 

Chorus: 

Shark,Shark,Shark,Irving the shark 

I'm never gonna be like him 

Shark,Shark,Shark,Irving the shark 

The women he attracts 

Like Richard Simmons