What's It Like to Be a Mermaid?

The Sea Kingdom is the second song of the album, The Little Mermaid: Songs from the Sea which it is sung by Ariel as she attempts to explain what life as a mermaid is like to a human girl.

Lyrics
Ariel: I found a little bottle Bobbing in the water Carried on a wave Inside there was a note That a little girl wrote This is what she had to say

Mermaid, mermaid tell me true What's it feel like to be you?

What's it like to be a mermaid? A little lady from down under the sea Do you go to school with fishes? Do you have to do the dishes? Are you like me?

What's it like to be a mermaid? Tell me a little of your life in the blue Is there music, are there dances? Are there undersea romances? Do you wonder from down under like I do about you?

Growing up a daughter Of the underwater Is like a fantasy But I am curious, too Dreamin' just like you do About the world beyond the beach

Well, here's a mermaid's point of view For those of you who wish they knew

What it's like to be a mermaid A little lady from down under the sea We go dancing with the dolphin Riding waves and whale watching In the sea breeze

What's it like to be mermaid? Well, it's delightful living life in the blue But though we go to school with fishes Eat from shells instead of dishes We're really not so very very different from you

What's it like to be a mermaid? Our ways are not as far apart as they seem We comb our hair with coral Wear a splash of ocean floral And we eat weed

What's it like to be a mermaid? Well, it's delightful living life in the blue We go swimming with the tuna In a tropical lagoona Chasing manatee and nektons But our folks don't understand us When we kick up a commotion At the bottom of the ocean We're really not so very very different from you

Oooh, what's it like to be a mermaid? What's it like to be a mermaid? Oooh, what's it like to be a mermaid? What's it like to be a mermaid?