Got an island in the middle of the blue Made it just for me, guess my dreams came true To the west, a forest, cool and dark and deep Where a waterfall and rainbow guard the secrets that they keep To the east, a beach with sand as white as snow To the south, a grove where endless fruit trees grow Lychee, guava, things I can’t quite name Every single day, it’s a delicious, perfect game Oh, my sunny island, built for only me Sky above is perfect, the ocean wild and free From the central rock, I watch the world go by No questions left to ask beneath a diamond sky Got a Maori girl, or so I like to tell She doesn’t speak a word, she only sings her spell Of the wind and waves, in her melodic tone We are one together, I am not alone But when midnight comes and she is fast asleep I sneak out to the rock with promises I can’t keep I stare out at the haze, for a ship I shouldn't see This heavy, sweet perfection is crushing down on me Oh, my sunny island, built for only me Sky above is perfect, the ocean wild and free From the central rock, I watch the world go by No questions left to ask beneath a diamond sky One morning, just like that, the beauty starts to fade A love I thought was timeless becomes a serenade Of nothing, and I wake to a brand new, ugly sound The roar of strangers’ voices all around Coarse and angry laughter, a whisper and a shout My paradise is crowded, and I can’t get them out There are strangers on my beach, digging up the sand Ashes from their fires have poisoned all the land The grove is stripped and rotten, the forest rings with drums I see the rifle barrels before the shooting comes My girl is on a broken fence, she doesn’t sing for me She looks me in the eye and says, "You hold no claim on me…" "You are not my husband now," her voice cuts like a knife An oil slick on the water, the end of this whole life A black cloud’s moving in, bringing acid rain To wash away the beauty, to magnify the pain My sunny island... Oh, my sunny island... Where did you go, my sunny island?
