Lyrics:

By: jimmy buffett

1974

I wanna back to the island

Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin'

Gimme oysters and beer

For dinner every day of the year and I'll feel fine

I'll feel fine


Chorus:

I wanna be there

Wanna 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 slidin' 'cross the water

Sailboats they go searchin' 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 a' 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


Coda:

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

And I'm a' chewin' on a honeysuckle vine


Again... to miss jane