Caribeña

Gimme a beat, won't you gimme a chord
and I'll try and give you a song
There's a glorious sun and a cloudless blue
pretty certain that it won't take long
Just let you feet slide through the soft warm sand
I can see your hips start to sway
There's nothing you can do but to go with the flow
when the rhythm takes you that way

Oh, I'm gone, I'm gone, to the playa Caribeña
I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm going to Cartagena,
to Barranquilla, to Santa Marta
and la Guajira

Sailing over oceans, El Dorado, sun and sand

All the colours in the sea
like the palms and the sky
waves are sighing on the sand
Como la primera vez que te ví
There's a blanket on the beach as the stars appear
Stay awake all night and dream
When you're by my side they can keep their gold
for the treasure's not where it seemed.

Instrumental

Yo me voy, me voy, pa' la playa caribeña
Me voy, me voy, me voy pa' Cartagena
pa' Barranquilla y Santa Marta
...y la Guajra

Instrumental

The colours in the sea all the turquoise green
like the palms mixed with the sky
The waves that break on the sun-bleached shore
are departing with a sigh
There's a blanket on the beach as the stars appear
I'll stay awake all night and dream
When you're by my side they can keep their gold
for the treasure's not where it seemed