Sunny Sailor Boy
Siren's Spell: A Tale of Love Lost at Sea
Lyrics
On a day of days
Refers to a significant day
I stood and gazed
Stood and looked
Over the western sea
Overlooking the western sea
Startled and struck,
Surprised and affected
Frightened to look
Scared to observe
When a mermaid called to me
A mermaid called out to the speaker
Ooh-wah ooh-wah
Lyrically expressive sounds
Ooh-wah ooh-wah
Reiteration of expressive sounds
My sunny sailor boy
Referring to the speaker's beloved sailor
Like a man in a dream,
Speaker felt as if in a prolonged dream
For an age it seemed
A significant span of time
I stood as still as a stone
Remained motionless
While the mermaid sang
The mermaid sang
And her melody rang
Her song resonated deeply
Like a memory calling me home
Similar to a memory drawing the speaker towards home
Then the sea and the wind
Sea, wind, and shores appeared in motion
And the shores did spin
Even though the speaker resisted
Though my resistance was strong
Speaker's resistance
All the stars in space
The mermaid's face seemed filled with stars
Filled the mermaid's face
Her song captivated the speaker's determination
She captured my will with her song
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Somehow I spoke,
The spell was broken
The enchantment broke
Opened eyes widely
I rubbed my eyes open wide
The mermaid disappeared like a dream
Like a dream she was gone
What lingered was her song
What remained was a song
Carried away by the receding tide
Borne on the ebbing tide
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Ooh-wah ooh-wah
Reiteration of expressive sounds
Ooh-wah ooh-wah
Referring again to the beloved sailor
My sunny sailor boy
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