Mermaid lyrics

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 get 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

Oh, 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

She put her

Sweet arms around me, sweet arms around me

Ever so gently, she pulled me down

Next thing I knew was the soft ocean floor

And the first taste of love that I'd found

Let me stay

I'll live in your home in the ocean

I'll give you my love and devotion

But sadly she told me

You must go back and find

A girl of your kind

So I left her behind

Now the ocean reminds me

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

• Artist:Tatsurō Yamashita
• Album:Pocket Music (1986)