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Artist: The Waterboys
Canonical path: /waterboys/sunny-sailor-boy
Related lyric paths: 6
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Sunny Sailor Boy
Read Sunny Sailor Boy lyrics by The Waterboys on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Sunny Sailor Boy
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On a day of days
I stood and gazed
over the western sea
I was completely dazed
wide-mouthed and amazed
when a mermaid called to me
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy
Like a man in a dream
for an age it seemed
I stood as still as a stone
while the creature sang
and her melody rang
like a memory calling me home
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy
Then the sea and the wind
and the shore did spin
and though my resistance was strong
all the stars of space
filled the mermaid's face
as she captured my will with her song
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy
Somehow I spoke
The enchantment broke
I rubbed my eyes open wide
Like a dream she was gone
- all that remained was her song
borne on the ebbing tide
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh
Oh-wo-oh-wo-oh-wo
My sunny sailor boy
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