Jimmy Buffett - Island lyrics

By: Jimmy Buffett, David Loggins

1980

For Jane

Island I see you in the distance

I feel that your existence

Is not unlike my own

Island they say no man is like you

They say you stand alone

Sometimes I feel that way too

It's the need for love

Heart and soul accompaniment

Seems to make me different from you

Chorus:

Well I tried to book passage, but you have no ports

And I tried to sail in, but your wind and waters

Tore my sails and broke all my oars

Island I see you in the moonlight

Silhouettes of ships in the night

Just make me want that much more

Island I see you in all of my dreams

Maybe someday I'll have the means to reach your distant shores

When the need for love

Heart and soul accompaniment

No longer makes me different from you

Chorus:

Well I tried to build bridges

But they all fell down

And I've taken to the air on wings of silver

But I always hit the ground

(instrumental)

Well I tried to book passage, but you have no ports

And I tried to sail in, but your wind and waters

Tore my sails and broke all my oars

Island I see you in the moonlight

Silhouettes of ships in the night

Just make me want that much more