One day, I'll take a bottle   With a good strong base and a cork that fits it   No label, no marker's mark      I'll shout the bile and anger   And plain disappointment in until I've almost filled it   And then I'll squeeze the cork down hard      I'll need a boat with a good strong sail   To weather all the storms and the gales   I'll grab that bottle, grip the rail and say my prayers      And then I'll hail that bottle out   Into the deep blue sea   And then I'll sail away, yeah      I'll hurl that bottle out   So far, it can't hurt me   One day, one day, one day   One day, one day, one day      One day, I'll take some canvas   With a good strong seam   And a hot air burner      A basket, some sandbags and rope   And I'll float above the earth in my balloon of steam   Drifting further and further   Over plains and mountain slopes      I'll fly 'til I find the deepest lake   A volcano about to awake   I'll grab that bottle by the neck and say my prayers      And then I'll hurl that bottle down   Into the deep ravine   I'll never hear it hit the ground, yeah      I'll hurl that bottle down   So far, it can't hurt me   One day, one day, one day   One day, one day, one day   One day, one day, one day      One day, I'll build a rocket   With a thick blunt nose and a mega tonne engine   A window to look at the moon      And I'll burn through the stratosphere   With fire in my tail, a comet ascending   'Til I float in weightless gloom      I won't turn back 'til I see the lunar plains   The detail of the rugged terrain   I'll grab that bottle full of pain and say my prayers      And then I'll hurl that bottle down   Onto the arid sea   And then I'll fly away, yeah      I'll hurl that bottle down   So far, it can't hurt me   One day, one day, one day