Island in the West Indies

Let's both of us pack up
Sail far from it all
Tired having to back up
To the wall
I know of one place where
Life really is fun
Where days are golden
And you're beholden to none
Let's take passage and run

Oh, there's an island down in the West Indies
Ten dollars can buy
Away from Reuben's and from Lindy's
'Neath a tropical, kaleidoscopical sky
We'll lie around all day and just be lazy
The world far behind
If that's not heaven then I'm crazy
With no taxes and with no axes to grind

No traffic jams
Under the palm trees by the sea
With breadfruit and yams
We'll never need the A&P

On that romantic isle in the West Indies
No airplanes above
We'll watch the turtles at their shindies
You and me and the Caribbean and love

Dee-dee-dee-dee
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee

Oh, there's an island down in the West Indies
Ten dollars can buy
Away from Reuben's and from Lindy's
'Neath a tropical, kaleidoscopical sky
On that romantic isle in the West Indies
No airplanes above
We'll watch the turtles at their shindies
You and me and the Caribbean and love

Learn the lingoes of pink flamingoes
And love