Intro: I want to go back to the island, Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin' Give me oysters and beer For dinner every day of the year and I'll feel fine I'll feel fine Chorus: 'Cause I want to be there I want to go back down and |2. get high by | the sea there |3. die beside | With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine and I'm a' chewin', on a honey-suckle vine Yeah, now, the sun goes slidin' 'cross the water Sailboats, they go searchin' for the breeze Salt air it ain't thin, I can stick right to you skin And make you feel fine It makes you feel fine (repeat chorus) Yes, and now you heard my strange proposal Get that pack gear up and let's move I want to be there 'fore the day, tries to steal away And leave us behind I've made up my mind (repeat chorus and fade) ending --> With a tin cup for a chalice, Fill it up with good red wine
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