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– Mark L Berry
(The essay is 1,384 words plus the infused lyrics)
The audio story “Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers”
Read by the author
(with embedded companion song of the same name) 12:25
Words by Mark L Berry and Music by Christopher Madden and Malachai Madden
Performed by Malachai Madden
This is the companion song “Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers” by itself 4:34
Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers – lyrics
I remember my first brother in a white christening gown
It’s the first memory I had, but then he wasn’t around
The baby sitter told me he’s gone home to the sky
I didn’t understand it and I didn’t know why
A year has gone and I’m at my friends to play
And we’re on an ocean expedition today
We’ll swim right down to the bottom of the sea
All hands on deck come diving now with me
We’re deep sea divers
We’re deep sea divers
I don’t know where my dad is but he took my mother
And they left me here to play while they made me a new brother
We’re deep sea divers
These aren’t just tighty-whities that I’m wearing on my head
I was peaking out a leg hole and jumping on the bed
Our cotton diving helmets let us breathe under the sea
Jump off the bed into the shaggy green sea
(Chorus)
We’re deep sea divers
Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers
I don’t know where my dad is but he took my mother
And the left me here to play while they made me a new brother
Yes, We’re deep sea divers
Then my mom walked in the room with a blanket in her arms
We were bouncing on the bed and sounding the ship’s alarms
Here’s the treasure that you’re diving for, my dad said to me
Welcome your new baby brother. We named him Timothy
We’re deep sea divers
Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers
We’re diving to the bottom of the shag rug so green
And the bathtub is a bubble bath machine
We named the bed Calypso, it’s a Yellow Submarine
We’re deep sea divers
Lyrics Copyright©2009-2010 by Mark L Berry & Christopher Madden
13,760 Feet–Living with TWA Flight 800