You’re my Jamaica    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. Everyday I read ads in the paper saying “Come to the island!”

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    bikinied ladies, sweet rum drinks, they'll keep you smiling

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    but I've got calypso music on the record at home,

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    when it comes to the warmth and the sunshine, well, I got my own.

 

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You're my Jamaica, you're where I want to be,

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you're my island when I'm being tossed on a stormy sea,

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my heavenly haven where I could spend eternity,

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you're my Jamaica,         you're paradise to me.

 

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2. White sunny sands, palm trees and tans, it sounds so inviting.

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    limbo dancing and starlight romancing, it's all so exciting,

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    but I've got my flowery shirt and rum punch in my hand,

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    and my own exotic lover in my native land.

 

+  CHORUS (2x) ....

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Charley Pride)