Lyrics

ISLAND MAN Jack Turner
© 2000
I want to go to the Caribbean
I want to paint like Winslow Homer
I want to get in touch with my feelings
Express ?em all in watercolor
So many blues
From which to choose

Think I?ll stay in a stucco cottage
On a hill beside the ocean
Count the sails on the far horizon
Sleep all night with the windows open
You in my dreams
Still it seems

I am the Island Man
No bridges left for me to burn
From where I stand
There?s no return
I am the island man

I want to speak in a foreign language
Get the locals to talk real slow
Parlez doucement s?il vous plait mes amis
I want to use every word I know
Please understand
This Island Man

Repeat Chorus

Will I find my holy grail
Hidden underneath these palms
Or in the joy of a steel drum band

Instrumental

Repeat Chorus with variations to fade