Have you ever been down to Haiti

when the summer sun was sinkin' low

There's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance

And the native hearts are all aglow



But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene

They all stare like a statue out of stone

When they realize what's before their eyes

the other girls are left all alone



Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'

When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm

And from miles away you can see her sway

To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms



Up in a tree so high way up in the sky

sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb

He wonders why the people go to so much trouble

just to try to be like him



He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand

that makes a heart feel so sublime

And before too long he starts singing the song

and then he gets in the Conga line



[ ac.guitars ]



Columbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest

part of the Caribbean

He didn't see the charms and the open arms

it was the gold that he was seein'



But I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed

cause we're on our honeymoon

I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this

but you were five hundred years too soon



Down in the Caribbean...