I want to go back, to the islands

Where the shrimp boats are tied up to the piling

Give me oysters and beer

For dinner every day of the year

And I'll feel fine......I'll feel fine



Chorus

I want to be there

Want to go back down and lie beside the sea there

With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine

And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine



Yeah now the sun goes sliding across the water

Sail boats they go searching for the breeze

Salt air it ain't thin

It can stick right to your skin, and make you feel fine

Makes you feel fine



chorus

I wanna be there

Wanna go back down and and get high by the sea there

With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine

And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine



Yes and now you heard my strange proposal

So get that Packard up and let's move

I wanna be there before the day

Tries to steal away and leave us behind

I've made up my mind



chorus

And I wanna be there

I wanna go back down and die beside the sea there

With a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with good red wine

And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine

Yeah with a tin cup for a chalice, fill it up with red wine

And I'm a chewin' on a honeysuckle vine