TORREY CANYON

Translation by Mick Harvey & Sarah Owen


I was born in Japanese construction sites
But at sea I belong with the Americans
An affiliate of a shipping magnate
I keep forgetting the address in Los Angeles

100,000 tonnes of crude
100,000 tonnes in the Torrey Canyon

In Bermuda 30 degrees latitude
They have the Barracuda Tanker Corporation
The boss man he put me on location
For the Union Oil Company of California

100,000 tonnes of crude
100,000 tonnes in the Torrey Canyon

If I'm on a Liberian commission
The captain and seamen are all Italian
The fossil fuel syphoned from this vessel
Is coming from the Consortium of British Petroleum

100,000 tonnes of crude
100,000 tonnes in the Torrey Canyon