Past the Gulf Of Mexico, is an island where

I lived and loved a long time ago

Disappointed in love, I decided to roam

Sad was the day that I sailed far away from my home



Every dream I dream takes me again

To the island down in the Carribean

Back to happiness and my Spanish Town home



To the brown skinned girl that's causin' me

To be filled with grief and misery

If she takes me back I will never more roam



Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives in my heart

I've tried to forget her but how do I start

Constantly she's on my mind both night and day

I've known only sorrow since I sailed away



Let the tide and trade winds carry me

To the girl I want to marry me

I can't live alone just on memories I've known



I'm just like a bird that dosen't sing

Like a seagull with a broken wing

Take me off of this ship, let me go home



Brown skinned girl from Spanish town lives in my heart

I've tried to forget her but how do I start

Constantly she's on my mind both night and day

I've known only sorrow since I sailed away