This big city I don't like it don't like me
Why did I board that sailing ship on Tahiti
I ask man in uniform which way your place
I show people picture of your pretty face
City girl with golden curl now where are you
Tahitian boy follow like you tell him to
Now I stand and call for many times your name
I guess maybe time and distance made you change
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Why did you make island boy make mistake
Tomorrow morning sailing ship I must take
Island music and the beach made you talk wrong
I must return to island now where I belong