Poseidon's Daughter - The Fantastic Flying Frogs

Words and Music Willy Minnix. Copyright 2020 WillyMinnix. All Rights Reserved.This song idea is a mashup of several sources. I had a student named Joshua who saw some pirate toys that I had and said that the pirate was in love with the mermaid, but the merman was her father and he wouldn't let them get married. I was also reading the original Little Mermaid story at the time, and was kicking around the lyrics for a song that is coming out next year called Neptune's Daughter. I set the Neptune's Daughter idea aside and decided to explore the Poseidon's Daughter idea instead. What I found out was that Poseidon's Daughter was called Irene and she was the personification of peace. So this song could be taken at face value about a guy who loves a girl who can't love him because her father won't let him, or it can be about a guy who has lost his peace in life and can't seem to get it back. I liked that there can be multiple meanings to the lyrics, which fit in with my original spark of an idea, what if Bob Dylan and Brian Wilson had made an album together after Highway 61 Revisited and Pet Sounds were recorded? What would that have sounded like? Maybe something like this. I also enjoyed recording this song with my own daughter Etta Minnix, who sings harmony on it. And special thanks to Chandler Reis who let me borrow his Samick electric 12 string guitar. I used my own Samick acoustic 12 string, and my Daphne 12 string that I built myself in this song as well.

I filmed the content of this video in Myrtle Beach, SC at the Ripley's Aquarium.

Poseidon's Daughter - The Fantastic Flying Frogs

Words and Music: Willy Minnix

Poseidon’s daughter
Stands at the windows of the sea
Poseidon’s daughter
And nothing can match her beauty

The sun shines on her
And I wish her thoughts would turn to me
Like the azure waters
Only her kindness can set me free

And I miss her
Her smile and the warmth of our embrace
And I need her
Her touch of her hand on my face

And the tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
Like the unsteady beat of my wounded heart
The tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
But it doesn’t wash away my pain

Poseidon’s daughter
Wants nothing to do with me
Poseidon’s daughter
She won’t listen to my plea
Unlike her wayward father
I wish her heart would change
But if she loves another
I don’t think I could stand the pain

And I miss her
Her smile and the warmth of our embrace
And I need her
Her touch of her hand on my face

And the tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
Like the unsteady beat of my wounded heart
The tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
But it doesn’t wash away my pain

And all I can do is hope
And all I can do is pray
And all I can do is not enough
To bring her back my way

The tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
Like the unsteady beat of my wounded heart
The tide rolls in and the tide rolls out
But it doesn’t wash away my pain
No it doesn’t wash away my pain
No it doesn’t wash away my pain

Ooooooo Poseidon’s daughter
The tide doesn’t wash away my pain