[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Took my telescope to sea, bound for outer space
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To a lonely island in a very special place
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An atoll with a blue lagoon, a point break full of grace
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Lava flows from long ago, bubble up this place
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[Verse 2]
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And thank the Lord for a watering hole open night and day
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Where buccaneers can sip their rum in the old Ti Punch Café
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Above the entrance curtain hangs a well-used frying pan
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The owner's not the Aga Khan, it is the Jolly Mon!
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[Bridge]
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Houéssivo lo dji houé, minbi nin djawa loo
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Houéssivo lo dji houé é minbi nin wa douwé loo
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Houéssivo lo dji houé, mnibi nin djawa loo
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Houéssivo lo dji houé é
[Verse 3]
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I scoped the sky for passersby, Jolly Mon planned the trip
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From the Pleiades, Desdemona came in her rocket ship
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Eddie brought them burgers, Banky brought his band
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And the Little Prince said, "Tout le monde", did the beguine in the sand, hey
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[Verse 4]
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Now the party's done, fun tickets gone
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We sang and loved and hoped
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Then I woke up back in twenty
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Beneath my telescope
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Galaxies and nautilus shells
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Look the same to me
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So ask yourself this question
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"How couldn't it be?"
[Outro]
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