The Little Maiden of the Sea-Stephin Merritt

[ti:The Little Maiden of the Sea] [ar:Stephin Merritt] [al:Showtunes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Little Maiden of the Sea - Stephin Merritt [00:29.91]The little maiden of the sea [00:33.65] [00:36.58]Was not at all like you and me [00:42.97]Where we have legs she was a fish [00:47.02] [00:49.33]And she could only say: [00:52.10]"I wish [00:52.91]I wish I were not incomplete [00:57.49] [00:59.39]I wish I had some dainty feet " [01:02.91] [01:05.80]You see one day she'd met a prince [01:09.33] [01:11.98]And she'd been pining ever since [01:15.71](the little maiden of the sea) [01:18.58] [01:46.85]She'd gain her own immortal soul [01:50.75] [01:53.13]If she became the prince's wife [01:57.06] [01:59.06]She autovivisected [02:02.09] [02:02.63]Whole she walked each step was like a knife [02:08.87]A knife into her dainty feet [02:12.49] [02:15.05]And she could neither speak nor sing [02:18.44] [02:21.12]But surely now she was complete [02:25.87] [02:27.17]Her prince would think of marrying [02:30.17] [02:30.70]The little maiden of the sea [02:33.88] [03:02.21]He married someone else of course [03:06.54] [03:08.49]And saying nothing she went home [03:11.54] [03:14.55]Then something turned by mystic force [03:18.29] [03:21.18]The little maiden into foam