The man on the island He looks after the sea And the sea looks after him The man on the island Has children in the waves In the waves they play with him At the bottom of the sea Is his wife the mermaid She rises with the moon And sings of words once said The man on the island laughs and cries Dries his tears in the foam of her hair The man on the island He whispers to the sea And the sea whispers to him The children in the waves The flowers on the land And the sand are part of him At the bottom of the sea With his wife the mermaid The man from the island In his coral castle Is king of the water and poor man on the land He looks after the seas the man on the island