Michael Franks

Keep believing you soon will earn your turn to flash in the pan
Its deceiving cause nothing kills like this metropolis can
Everywhere theres blind ambition
Dog eat dog and screw you
You do unto others and they do unto you
Everyday you fight taxicabs and traffic, permanent frowns
Lay awake at night wondering if you hear burglary sounds
Think its time to make my exit
Kiss all this goodbye and
Catch the next flight south connecting to my island life
Look at me Im a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mangos ripe
Ill do all my swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free
Guess it must be clear I do not belong in this cityscape
I am not from here and I do intend to make my escape
Take me back to waterfalls in volcanic canyons
Where coconuts and orchids are my sole companions
Look at me Im a refugee from the island life
I belong where the shade is palm and the mangos ripe
How inviting it would make always killing time if you
Came too
Cant you see were just refugees from the island life
We belong where the shade is palm and the mangos ripe
Well do all our swinging in some hammock by a turquoise sea
For free
(Grazie a Gianni per questo testo)
[ Island Life Lyrics ]