Mermaid Blues
By That Beach Sound Cartel
[Verse 1]
This is a story
’bout a surfer that disappeared,
Some say Mexico…
some say he drowned near the pier.
But way before
the magazines and fame,
Everybody in Oceanside
knew how The Lineup Boss
got his name.
Lil ghost pajamas
runnin’ toward the shore,
Could barely carry
his little surfboard.
Old beach uncles laughin’,
“Look at Casper go!”
Little barefoot ghost kid
flyin’ through the morning glow…
[Hook]
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Couldn’t wait
to feel that tide…
Before the sun
lit up the coastline,
Lil ghost kid
was already outside…
[Verse 2]
Down beneath
them glass-blue waves,
A little ocean girl
would quietly wait.
Big dark eyes
and seafoam hair,
Silver scales flashin’
beneath the water there.
Every time
he carved the curl,
She’d disappear
back beneath the world.
Casper never knew
those eyes watched him,
From the deep blue dark
beneath the swellin’ wind.
[Chorus]
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Couldn’t wait
to chase them waves…
Salt air mornings,
Pacific skies,
Born to surf
since he was yay high.
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Couldn’t wait
to drift away…
While that ocean girl
watched from below,
Dreamin’ someday
he might stay…
[Verse 3]
He grew up lean,
sun-browned and tall,
No gym muscles,
just ocean salt.
Went pro young,
whole world knew his name,
North Shore winters,
big wave fame.
Magazine covers,
sponsors too,
But crowds get loud
when your soul wants blue.
Then one day
he just disappeared,
No broken board,
no sign he’d been there.
[Bridge]
Some say Maui…
some say Mexico…
Some swear they seen him
where cold blue currents roll.
Old fishermen
still whisper low,
“Boy chased a wave
too far below…”
Late at night
when the moon hangs gold,
Old beach bars
still tell the story slow…
[Final Chorus]
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Couldn’t wait
to leave this world…
Now he rides forever
with an ocean-eyed girl,
Far from the cameras
and the contest world.
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Couldn’t wait
to disappear…
Down past Maui
where the trade winds blow,
He still rides ghost-blue waves
way out there…
[Outro]
And some mornings…
right before sunrise…
Surfers swear
they still see ’em
way outside the break…
Casper ridin’ waves…
that ocean girl beside him…
One on a surfboard…
one ridin’ silver fins…
Casper couldn’t wait
to get in the water…
Now that’s what we call…
Mermaid Blues…
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