Little Mermaid, The, 1989

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else’s lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things around you
What more is you lookin’ for?

Under the sea, under the sea
Darling, it’s better
Down where it’s wetter
Take it from me

Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devoting
Full time to floating
Under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain’t happy
They sad ‘cos they in the bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who gonna be on the plate

What, no!
Under the sea, under the sea
Nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea, under the sea
Under the sea, under the sea
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here
Naturally
Even the sturgeon and the ray
They get the urge and start to play
We got the spirit, you got to hear it
Under the sea

The newt play the flute
The carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass
And they sounding sharp
The bass play the brass
The chub play the tub
The fluke is duke of soul
The ray, he can play
The ling’s on the strings
The trout rocking out
The black fish he sings
The smelt and the sprat
They know where it’s at
And oh, that blowfish blow

Under the sea, under the sea
Under the sea, under the sea
When the sardine begin the beguine
It’s music to me
What do they got? lotta sand
We got a hot [bad word] band

Each little clam here know how to jam here
Under the sea
Each little slug here cutting [bad word] here
Under the sea
Each little snail here know how to wail here
That’s why it’s hotter
Under the water
We are in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea