On a Desert Isle

I drifted in the Doldrums, almost dead
A weedy, watery, trail
With a useless rag, hangin above my head
Not a breath o' breeze to fill my sail
Then liftin' up my spyglass, ol' Buckley's hope
I seen somethin' o'er the waves
I throwed my things
I left my boat
And swam out on my way..

On a Desert Isle
Here I sing, oh-de-lee-ee-oh-de-lay-ee
Soft an' sweet
Got no shirt or shoes upon my feet
Out in the middle of an o-o-ocean
Doin' my thing
I'm happy just to dream, and sing
Out livin' like a marabout king
Out on a Desert Isle

The shadin' palm trees bend an' sway
The fish swim 'bout my feet
And a breeze blowin' soft 'pon the cordgrass play
A lazy old melody, cool an' sweet
As the sun goes sinkin' in a painted sky
My eye's on a pool of light
Where the stars cast a twinklin' veil on high
Where I sleep out everynight...

One mornin' the silence broke
As beset by a sea high-horned in waves I awoke
To find no remnants of that paradise
What laid about me, were a changed, unfriendly land
From beyond the compass' reach
I sings this song of water an' dune
Of wonders strange
Out of the gloom, there came a sound like cryin' in the night
My blue ruined eyes I thought lied
A woman draggin' up, out of that squawlin' tide..

On a desert isle
Oh-de-lee-oh-oh-de-lay-ee, tired an' beat
Writin' help, in letters fifteen feet
Out on the beach, beside an o-o-ocean
Woe is me, a cryin baby bouncin' on my knee
In a little grass shack built for three
Out on a Desert Isle