©2024 Tom Arnold / Deadbeat Music

I don’t care where the money goes
I just want to be free
Come on babe and sail away
To the south sea islands with me

(Papaete, Bora Bora, Rara-tonga)

We’ll watch the hulas sway to and fro
We’ll watch the tourists run
We’ll drink Hinano by the sea
Drink til the day is done
(Marquesas, Tuamotu, Nukuheva)

Sail away to the southern sea
Sail away to the coconut breeze
Rockin’ on the ocean honey
Rockin’ on the sea
I’ll rock on the islands with you babe
I’ll love you and do it right
(Haute, haute, hau----te vahine)

Casuarina trees by Gaugin
Black volcanic sand
Whispered secrets in your ear
Sway our longing hands
(Haute, haute, haute vahine)

And when the sun is falling down
The curtains have been drawn
Haute calls my sweet vahine
I’ll love you til the dawn
(Haute, haute, haute vahine)

Sail away to the southern sea
Sail away to the coconut breeze
Rockin’ on the ocean honey
Rockin’ on the sea

I’ll rock on the islands with you babe
I’ll love you and do it right
(Haute, haute, hau----te vahine)

And when we’re through and the money’s gone
I guess we’ll never go home
We’ll eat papaya, thatch a hut
And beg the tourist’s gold
(Mongaheva, Moraheve, Remavera)

I don’t care where the money goes
I just want to be free
Come on babe and sail away
To the south sea islands with me
(Papaheva, Hevahua, Huaheve)

Sail away to the southern sea
Sail away to the coconut breeze
Rockin’ on the ocean honey
Rockin’ on the sea
I’ll rock on the islands with you babe
I’ll love you and do it right
(Haute, haute, hau----te vahine)