Her tanned legs Move slowly before The blue tiled Swimming pool walls She holds her Daughter by the hand They climb The family slide And go down It’s translucent tube And splash Into the foaming brine I used to be a mermaid My silky salty skin Would light up in the moonlight Before I’d dive into the deep She flips Her hair from her neck Tightens Her bikini strap Shakes The moisture down her back Heads for Hurricane bay To float on Substitute waves She smiles Just before she leaps I used to be a mermaid My silky salty skin Would light up in the moonlight Before I’d dive into the deep And I left it all for love But he broke my fragile heart Left me standing in the surf Forever stranded upon this earth I used to be a mermaid My silky salty skin Would light up in the moonlight Before I’d dive into the deep Her tanned legs Move slowly before The blue tiled Swimming pool walls She holds her Daughter by the hand