Mermaid comes up smiling
  With a grin that's big and wide
  She's been swimming and swirling
  In the lace that's she's been wearing
  
  And she's skipping and twirling
  Spinning in his dreams
  Like a shell twists round inspirals
  When the tide leaves
  
  And the man who almost caught her
  He'll search through every ocean
  But you can bet there’s a hole in his net
  That's the reason why he’ll never catch her
  
  For every grain of sand
  That gets washed upon the land
  There's another mermaid smiling
  And another searching fisherman