I was sculling in a single at a Tideway club,
When I met you.
you picked me out, you paired me up and turned me around,
you showed me just what I could do.
Now five months later on I think you're facing defeat,
What can I do?
I need to make you see that I belong in that seat.
You should have left me in the crew.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it when I hear you won't select me.
Don't, Don't you want me?
You know I don't believe it when you say that you don't need me.
I bet that you'll soon find,
They're rowing out of time,
You'd better let me stroke or we will both be sorry
Don't you want me Mervyn, Don't you want me Merv
Don't you want me Mervyn, Don't you want me Merv
You were sculling in a single from a Tideway club,
That much is true.
But even then I knew I'd find a much better crew,
Either with or without you.
The ergos you have done have got such good times,
You still pull hard.
But now I think it's time you started training alone,
you need to shift a bit of lard.
Don't, don't you want me?
You know I can't believe it when I hear you won't select me.
Don't, Don't you want me?
You know I don't believe it when you say that you don't need me.
I bet that you'll soon find,
They're rowing out of time,
You'd better let me stroke or we will both be sorry
Don't you want me Mervyn, Don't you want me Merv
Don't you want me Mervyn, Don't you want me Merv
