Got a book for my birthday It was a story about a mermaid And ever since she was little She could hear the sea whisper, uhm, uhm And every day before bedtime She looked out the window Sighing at the fishermen She knew she was an odd creature And in her, I found a friend Like she was representing All the creatures and the misfits that never really blend in She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea And the first time she dipped her toes She knew that she was at home And the concert of the whales Made her feel a little less alone, uhm, uhm In memories of a past life Of prayers to the lighthouse They gathered around this magic machine That told the waves to calm down And in her, I found a friend Like she was representing All the creatures and the misfits that never really blend in She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea And the mama cried And the papa too How come that we got to make a mermaid like you? And the evening came And they let her go Waving as she swam into the waves from the shore Knowing that their baby she was finally home She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea She was odd like me She was odd like me Oh, papa read the story about the girl from the sea