Whiskey Showers

Ocean

Written for Lilly Arnold for her first Birthday. 

This is a story that started a year ago today
A cute little mermaid named Lilly rode a wave
She waited for the right one, and surfed it to the land
and washed up right here on the North Carolina sand. 

You might ask yourself, why would Lilly do that?
Isn't the best place for a mermaid her ocean habitat?
But her calling was gigantic
Deeper than the Atlantic
She knew where she needed to be. 

You see she was cleaning up some litter off a crabby ocean critter one day
It was a newspaper article that said things up there aren't going so great
She thought people need to be happier and laugh a whole lot more
I'm going to bring my love to them, I'm heading for the shore. 

Happy day to ya Lilly, but it ain't your birthday at all
It's the one year anniversary of when you made landfall
Bringing to us happiness with your cuteness and your grace
I guess it's just a little easier to say happy birthday

Wouldn't you know it, on that fateful day
two love birds were strolling down the beach her way
Lilly though, that guy looks like he's funny, and he has a cool beard
wow does she look pretty, and in a good way pretty weird
and look at that love between them, looks like a great place for me
it might even be better than my home under the sea
They said Lilly it's nice to meet you, we've been waiting our whole lives for this day
we're here to love you forever, what do you say?
she said, gee that sounds great, I think i'll do the same
and that's how Lilly the mermaid added Arnold to her name. 

Happy day to ya Lilly, but it ain't your birthday at all
It's the one year anniversary of when you made landfall
Bringing to us happiness with your cuteness and your grace
I guess it's just a little easier to say happy birthday

Lilly you are loved by ever fish under the sea
but add it all up it won't compare to the love of your family
so trade in your filppers for air jordan's like your daddy's
and stay here on land with us, it's what we all need

Happy day to ya Lilly, but it ain't your birthday at all
It's the one year anniversary of when you made landfall
Bringing to us happiness with your cuteness and your grace
I guess it's just a little easier to say happy birthday
 

Chris Manley