Mermaid

Long ago
But it seems like yesterday
It happened the strangest way
My first love affair.

Summer day
I'm swimming alone in the ocean
When suddenly I got a notion
That someone was watching.

And I turned to see who was there...

I saw this
Beautiful lady, beautiful lady
Only a heartbeat away from me
Two seashell earrings were all that she wore.

She was smiling and saying to me.

Come away
I'll show you my home in the ocean
And stranger, if you get a notion
That you'd like to love me.

Well, just do what you feel, do what you feel.

Mermaid, mermaid
I want you but I'm afraid
Part fish, part girl
I don't fit your world.

Mermaid, mermaid
I want you but I'm afraid
Part fish, part girl
Oohh.

She put her
Sweet arms around me, sweet arms around me
Ever so gently, she put me down
Next thing I knew was the soft ocean floor.

And the first taste of love that I found.

Let me stay
I'll live in your home in the ocean
I'll give you my love and devotion
But suddenly she told me.

You must go back and find
A girl of your kind
So I left her behind
Now the ocean reminds me of.

Mermaid, mermaid
It's true love that we made
Part fish, part girl
I still miss your world.

Mermaid, mermaid
It's true love that we made
Part fish, part girl
I still miss your world.

Mermaid, mermaid
It's true love that we made
Part fish, part girl
I still miss your world.

Mermaid, mermaid
It's true love that we made
Part fish, part girl
I still miss your world
(Fade-out)