I saw you sail aboard.
On a day of days I stood and gazed over the western sea.
Startled and struck,
frightened to look when a mermaid called me.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh, my sunny sailor boy.
Like a man in a dream
for an age it seemed,
I stood a still-eyed stone.
A mermaid's sigh under a melody rhymed,
like a memory calling me home.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Then the sea and the wind and the shores did spin,
though my resistance was strong.
All the stars in space filled the mermaid's face,
she captured my will with her song.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Somehow I spoke,
the enchantments broke,
I rubbed my eyes open wide.
Like
a dream she was gone, what remained was a song,
born in the ebbing tide.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh, my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh, my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh, my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ooh,
my sunny sailor boy.
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah,
ooh-ah-ooh-ah, ooh-ooh, my sunny sailor boy.