Betty Grable on the wall keeps my cabin warm From Casablanca down to Rio, she won't feel the storm I only joined the fleet for places and girls I hadn't see I didn't think of all the lonely nights we spend between (Chorus): Blue desert, blue desert Wish that I was far away from this blue desert My only oasis is the bright harbour town But they're just distant places and I never know where I'm bound
Gazing out my porthole view in hopes of sighting land But just another blue horizon hides the burning sand I should have stayed behind wherever the girls were good to me Instead of turning back again to face that lonely sea (Repeat chorus twice)