The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake (*) You dream about up there But that is a big mistake Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful surround you What more is you lookin' for?
Under the sea Under the sea Darling it's better Down where it's wetter Take it from me Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin' Full time to floatin' Under the
Down here all the fish is happy As off through the waves they roll The fish on the land ain't happy They sad 'cause they in bowl But fish in the bowl is lucky They in for a worser fate One day when the boss get hungry Guess who's gon' be on the plate
Under the sea Under the sea Nobody beat us Fry us and eat us In fricassee We what the land folks loves to cook the sea we off the hook We got no troubles Life is the bubbles Under the sea Under the sea Since life is sweet here -* We got the beat here -* Naturally Even the sturgeon an' the ray -* They get the urge 'n' start to play got the spirit You got to hear it Under the sea
The newt play the flute The carp play the harp The plaice play the bass And they soundin' sharp The bass play the brass The chub play tub The fluke is the duke of soul (**) (Yeah) The ray he can play The lings on the strings The trout rockin' out The blackfish she sings The smelt and the sprat They know where it's at An' oh that blowfish blow
Under the sea Under sea When the sardine Begin the beguine It's music to me What do they got? A lot of sand We got a hot crustacean band Each little clam here know to jam here Under the sea Each little slug here Cuttin' a rug here -* Under the sea Each little snail here Know how to wail here -* That's why it's hotter Under the water we in luck here Down in the muck here Under the sea