Caribbean

Have you ever been down to Haiti when

The summer sun was sinkin' low

There's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance

And the native hearts are all aglow.

But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene

They all stare like a statue out of stone

When they realize what's before their eyes

The other girls are left all alone.

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'

When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm

But from miles away you can see her sway

To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms.

Up in a tree so high way up in the sky

Sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb

He wonders why the people go to so much trouble

Just to try to be like him.

He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand

That makes a heart feel so sublime

But before too long he starts singin' the song

And then he gets in the Conga line.

Columbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest

Part of the Caribbean

He didn't see the charms and the open arms

It was the gold that he was seein'.

Oh but I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed

Cause we're on our honeymoon

I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this

But you were five hundred years too soon.

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'

When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm

But from miles away you can see her sway

To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms...