South Sea Song

[Verse] Not too long ago I decided I would go Drifting with the tide down where the trade winds blow I went sailing in on a southwest wind from some place I don't recall Glad to be on solid ground, just as the sun was going down I stepped out to take a look around I had a Mai Tai in my hand and I was looking at the moon Listening to a band play some south sea island tunes There was a warm breeze blowing and the rum was flowing, you could almost touch the stars All at once it came to me nowhere in my memory That I had ever felt so fine and free Then she came from out of nowhere A brown-skinned girl with flowers in her hair She looked at me awhile And then she smiled a special smile And it went right through me when she swayed up to me There was something she wanted to say She said: ‘I can make your dreams come true’ ‘Come and let me welcome you to paradise’ She took me by the hand, I didn't even know her name She led me through the sand down this little moonlit lane And on out back was a small grass shack and as we got to the door With the palm trees thrashing and the trade winds crashing, the waves down on the shore She turned around and she pulled me down and she said it just once more [Outro] She said: ‘I can make your dreams come true’ ‘Come and let me welcome you to paradise, paradise’