[Intro]
Oh oh, oh oh, oh
Oh oh, oh oh, oh

[Verse 1: Caroline Jones]
I love Pensacola, and Apalachicola
And Tampa, St. Pete my particular bare feet
Like to splash in the waves
Maybe misbehave, occasionally
I spend a fair amount of time at the Flora-Bama line
Destined to hang out more at Mobile and Gulf Shores
A very special chart, is locked in my heart
Of places that I love to be

[Chorus]
Cause I’m a Gulf Coast girl
Partial to the warm winds and the salty water
Gulf Coast girl
Yeah, I got a little mermaid in me
And in the whole wide world
No other place where the days and the nights run hotter
Gulf Coast girl
Right at home on my American sea

[Verse 2: Caroline Jones and Kenny Chesney]
Have a world of fun, on a Pascagoula run
And you might get lucky on a beach in Biloxi
Get tanner, get thinner and go home a winner, occasionally
We can surf Boca Chica and Galveston Bay
Ride horses on the beach in South Padre
No we’re not in Kansas. Hola Port Aransas!
Do you wanna two-step with me?
[Chorus]
Cause I’m a Gulf Coast girl
Partial to the warm winds and the salty water
Gulf Coast girl
Yeah, I got a little mermaid in me
And in the whole wide world
No other place where the days and the nights run hotter
Gulf Coast girl
Right at home on my American sea

[Bridge: Caroline Jones and Kenny Chesney]
She’s a Louisiana, little ‘bove the mighty Mississip
Right down from New Orleans!
Give me a po boy to go, I never was a show
And I know, just what that means

[Chorus]
And I’m a Gulf Coast girl
I’m Gulf Coast girl
I gotta little mermaid in me

And in the whole wide world
No other place where the days and the nights run hotter
Gulf Coast girl
Yeah, I’m right at home on my American sea
I’m right at home on my American sea
I gotta little mermaid in me