(The SEA CHORUS reconfigures to form Ariel's gotto, filled with "human treasures." ARIEL, distraught after her fight with Dad, sits among her treasures holding her newly acquired fork. FLOUNDER floats nearby.)

[ARIEL] (spoken)
If only I could make my father understand. I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be so bad.

[ARIEL] (singing)
LOOK AT THIS STUFF. ISN'T IT NEAT?
WOULDN'T YOU THINK MY COLLECTION'S COMPLETE?
WOULDN'T YOU THINK I'M THE GIRL, THE GIRL WHO HAS EV'RYTHING?

I'VE GOT GADGETS AND GIZMOS A PLENTY.
I'VE GOT WHOZITS AND WHATNOTS GALORE.

[ARIEL] (spoken)
You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty.

[ARIEL] (singing)
BUT WHO CARES? NO BIG DEAL. I WANT MORE.

I WANNA BE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
I WANNA SEE, WANNA SEE 'EM DANCING',
WALKIN' AROUND ON THOSE...

[ARIEL] (spoken)
What d'ya call 'em? Oh, feet.
[ARIEL] (singing)
FLIPPIN' YOUR FINS, YOU DON'T GET TOO FAR,
LEGS ARE REQUIRED FOR JUMPIN', DANCIN',
STROLLIN' ALONG DOWN THE...

[ARIEL] (spoken)
What's that word again?

[ARIEL] (singing)
STREET.

UP WHERE THEY WALK, UP WHERE THEY RUN,
UP WHERE THEY STAY ALL DAY IN THE SUN...
WANDERIN' FREE, WISH I COULD BE
PART OF THAT WORLD.

WHAT WOULD I GIVE
IF I COULD LIVE
OUTTA THESE WATERS?

WHAT WOULD I PAY
TO STAND A DAY
WARM ON THE SAND?

BET'CHA ON LAND
THEY UNDERSTAND
BET THEY DON'T REPRIMAND THEIR DAUGHTERS.
BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN,
SICK OF SWIMMING',
READY TO STAND.

AND READY TO KNOW
WHAT THE PEOPLE KNOW.
ASK 'EM MY QUESTIONS AND GET SOME ANSWERS.

WHAT'S A FIRE?
AND WHY DOES IT...
WHAT'S THE WORD? BURN?

WHEN'S IT MY TURN? WOULDN'T I LOVE,
LOVE TO EXPLORE THAT SHORE UP ABOVE?
OUT OF THE SEA, WISH I COULD BE
PART OF THAT WORLD.