On a day of days   I stood and gazed   Over the western sea   Startled and struck   Frightened to look   When a mermaid called to me      Ooh-wah Ooh-wah   Ooh-wah Ooh-wah   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      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      Somehow I spoke   The enchantment broke   I rubbed my eyes open wide   Like a dream she was gone   What remained was a song   Borne on the ebbing tide      Ooh-wah Ooh-wah   Ooh-wah Ooh-wah   My sunny sailor boy