Tropical Island (state of mind)
Ovid Stevens
Intro: guitar intro: (2X)
Iâve been to Jamaica a lot , Iâve seen the pretty women there
Iâve been to China, Oh nothing quite compares
Iâve been to New York too & every port along the way,
I have found paradise, now Iâm here to stay
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Send the schooner away, Iâm on dry land
& Take a look at my face, youâll understand.
I donât need to go runninâ away to find,
Oh no, some Tropical Island state of mind, mind mind
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I let the trade winds take me to a place called nowhere
I came upon a port called hope, Jesus, ainât nobody there
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Send the schooner away, Iâm on dry land
& Take a look at my face, youâll understand.
I donât need to go runninâ away to find, Oh noâ¦
Some Tropical Island state of mind mind, mind
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Youâre all I neededâ¦â¦.. all I needed,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verse 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Iâve got my feet on cloud nine, & my face is in the wind
Go on, tell the Captân kiss my ass, cuz I wonât be back again,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Send the schooner away, Iâm on dry land
& Take a look at my face, youâll understand.
I donât need to go runninâ away to find,
Oh no, some Tropical Island state of mindâ¦â¦
Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, some Tropical Island state of mindâ¦
~~~~~~~~~ Key Change to C# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
some Tropical Island state of mindâ¦â¦
some Tropical Island state of mindâ¦â¦