Over The Reef - Duncan Browne

I had the urge to travel

And I washed up on this shore

Unaware it was one in a million isles

Out on the sand that evening, it was you I saw

Gathering up the light of a million smiles

Oh, Samoa

Hear me, I abide

I’ll sleep with this jewel by my side

Until dawn

Upon this south-sea island, I would make my home

If I thought my fortune would let me be

My fashionable clothes look so prosaic here

I don’t think I can fight off the urge

To throw them in the sea

Oh, Samoa

The storm is in the skies

But I’ll sleep with the stars in my eyes

Until dawn

What I love about this island

Is the way you stay undressed

With beaconing eyes you tell me the night is young

Let the lazy tradewinds play with your hair, but let me do the rest

The best part of my travels has just begun

Oh, Samoa

As your sun sets my senses rise

Banish the sleep from my eyes

Until dawn

As you stretch your dusky limbs out in the evening sun

We two must look just like a poster for Bacardi Rum

But your fingers have a magic touch I have never felt before

Surrounded by your softness

I linger on

Oh, Samoa

My commitments wait for me

But let them all jump in the sea

Until dawn

Tonight I feel a million peaceful miles from home

Palm tree lights are flickering in the haze

And you are the darkest woman I have ever known

Your laughing voice will stay with me now

Forever and always

Oh, Samoa

My ship must sail today

But I’ll never be that far away

In my mind

Oh, Samoa

Keep the daylight far away

Oh, I wish in my heart I could stay

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