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[Verse 1]

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Past the Gulf Of Mexico is an island where
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I lived and loved a long time ago
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Disappointed in love I decided to roam
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Sad was the day that I sailed far away from
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my home

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Every dream I dream takes me again
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To the island down in the Carribean
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Back to happiness and my Spanish Town home
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To the brown skinned girl that's causin' me
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To be filled with grief and misery
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If she takes me back I will never more roam

[Chorus]

Bb
Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives
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in my heart
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I've tried to forget her but how do I start
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Constantly she's on my mind both night and

day
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I've known only sorrow since I sailed away


[Verse 2]

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Let the tide and trade winds carry me
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To the girl I want to marry me
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I can't live alone just on mem'ries I've
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known
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I'm just like a bird that dosen't sing
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Like a seagull with a broken wing
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Take me off of this ship let me go home

[Chorus]

Bb
Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives
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in my heart
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I've tried to forget her but how do I start
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Constantly she's on my mind both night and

day
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I've known only sorrow since I sailed away


[Ending]
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