Tatsuro Yamashita 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 turn to see who was there
i saw this beautiful lady
beautiful lady
only a heart beat away from me
two sea shell earings 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 dont fit your world
mermaid mermaid
i want you but i'm afraid
part fish part girl
ohhhooo

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
oohhhhoooo
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

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mermaid mermaid
it's true love that we made
part fish part girl
i still miss your world

repeat till fade *-