On a day of days

I stood and gazed

Over the western sea

I was completely dazed,

Wide-mouthed and amazed

When a mermaid called to me



Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy

Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy



Like a man in a dream,

For an age it seemed

I stood as still as a stone

While the mermaid sang

And her melody rang

Like a memory calling me home



Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy

Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy



Then the sea and the wind

And the shores did spin

And though my resistance was strong

All the stars in space

Filled the mermaid's face

As she captured my will with her song



Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy

Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy



Somehow i spoke --

The enchantment broke

I rubbed my eyes open wide

Like a dream she was gone

All that remained was a song

Borne on the ebbing tide



Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy

Ooh-ooooh ooooooooooh, my sunny sailor boy


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