Ariel, listen to me: the human world is a mess. Life under the sea is better than anything they've got up there!

The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you looking 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're devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain't happy
They’re sad 'cause they in the bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky
They’re in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
Guess who's goin' be on the plate

Under the sea
Under the sea
Nobody beat us
Fry us and eat us
In fricassee
We’ve what the land folks love to cook
Under the sea we’re off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea
Under the sea

Since life is sweet here
We got to be here
Naturally
Even the sturgeon and the ray
They got the urge and start to play
We got the spirit
You got to hear it
Under the sea

The newt plays the flute
The carp plays the harp
The plaice pays the bass
And they’re soundin' sharp
The bass plays the brass
The chub plays the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul
The ray he can play
The lings on the strings
The trout’s rockin' out
The blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat
You know where it's at
And oh that blow-fish blow

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're devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Under the sea
Under the 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 how 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
Yeah we’re in luck here
Down in the muck here
Under the sea