What's It Like to Be a Mermaid? Songtext

von Jodi Benson

They just don't understand.
It's not enough for me.
Oh, I wish I could show them what I found.
A note in a bottle from a little girl.
And she wonders about mermaids just like I wonder about humans.
I found a little bottle Bobbing in the water Carried on a wave Inside there was a note that a little girl wrote This is what she had to say
Mermaid, mermaid tell me true What's it feel like to be you?
What's it like to be a mermaid?
A little lady from down under the sea Do you go to school with fishes?
Do you have to do the dishes?
Are you like me?
What's it like to be a mermaid?
Tell me a little of your life in the blue Is there music, are there dances?
Are there undersea romances?
Do you wonder from down under like I do about you?
Growing up a daughter Of the underwater Is like a fantasy But I am curious, too Dreamin' just like you do About the world beyond the beach
Well, here's a mermaid's point of view For those of you who wish they knew
What's it like to be a mermaid?
A little lady from down under the sea We go dancing with the dolphin Riding waves and whale watching In the sea breeze
What's it like to be a mermaid?
Well, it's delightful living life in the blue But though we go to school with fishes Eat from shells instead of dishes We're really not so very very different from you
What's it like to be a mermaid?
Our ways are not as far apart as they seem We comb our hair with coral Wear a splash of ocean floral In the evening
What's it like to be a mermaid?
Well, it's delightful living life in the blue We go swimming with the tuna In a tropical lagoon-a Chasing manatee and mantas But our folks don't understand us when we kick up a commotion At the bottom of the ocean We're really not so very very different from you
Oooh, what's it like to be a mermaid?
What's it like to be a mermaid Oooh, what's it like to be a mermaid?
What's it like to be a mermaid?
Gosh, I just remembered.
Tonight is the mermaid's ball.
Oh, but I can get ready for that later.
First, I've got to answer the note I've found.