Ghost Mice - English Channel lyrics

We turned around, we were headin' south We were tryin' to get off the island Wishin' for a sky without any clouds With a big nice bright sun shinin' We found a spot in a soggy swamp And set up our tiny tent Our feet were wet again But we were gettin' used to it Our feet were always wet A man drove by in a silver car With a mean look on his face He looked at us in the rear-view And then he hit the breaks We walked up to the open window Not knowin' what to think But he wanted to know where we were goin' And see if it was on his way We told him we were goin' to Dover And hopefully over to France that night He said, "So am I, hop in And I'll give you a ride" And we were on our way He said he stopped to pick us up Because we looked so out of luck He was havin' a bad day too But he thought we had him beat It was his philosophy that if you see Someone in a worse way than you It's your ethical obligation To stop and see what you can do I wish that everyone thought that too He asked if we had our tickets And when our boat would leave We confessed we didn't know that yet And we'd get there then we'd see He said, "You should just ride with me Because pa**engers ride free It takes a couple of hours And I could use the company" So could we, so could we But he was goin' to Belgium And we were goin' to France But we decided to change our plans 'Cause you don't pa** up a chance like that We got there late and he was pissed That he missed the hovercraft If he'd have to take the slow boat Then he would ride first cla** Our bad luck was gone at last We got to the lonely lobby And we filled our packs with snacks They were free, those pastries And those drinks would weight our backs He could see our hesitation We were concerned about bein' rude He said, "Take as much as you can hold, kids I was once like you I have been there too" We got aboard the ferry And they took us to our seats Which were basically in a nice restaurant And it looked like we were gonna get to eat They brought us priceless menus And they brought us more drinks We were the only dirty kids there With our big backpacks and stinky feet So we ate our three-course meal And talked to our new-found friend We told him about the music we played He was an electrician He asked where we planned to sleep that night We said we had no clue He said, "I'll drop you off by the side of the road That's what I used to do I was once like you"