Island Time

The sand between my toes and the sun is just right;

Slept in the hammock through the warm blue night;

Fish on the fire and the ukulele tune;

No such thing as early, no such thing as noon;

Watches on the table where

I left it days ago;

Only clock

I follow is the tide, slow flow;

Coconut and salt there and a lazy little sway;

That's the kind of currency I'm spending today;

No rush, no worry, no place to be, just us;

Palm trees, you and me, we're on island time;

We're on island time;

Let the whole world hurry, I'll stay behind;

Rock a little slower, do the ocean rhyme;

We're on island time and everything's fine;

Island time, sweet and slow, so fine;

Oh, oh, so fine;

Auntie's cooking something that could feed the whole bay;

Cousin pull up easy in the heat of the day;

Somebody's strumming and somebody's asleep;

And the water's the bluest that the eye can keep;

We don't count the money and we don't count the hours;

We count the little blessings like we count the flowers;

There's a richness in the slowness and the salt and the sun;

That the busy folks are missing while they hurry and run;

No rush, no worry, no place to be;

Just the palm trees, you and me;

We're on island time;

We're on island time;

Let the whole world hurry;

I'll stay behind;

Rock a little slower to the ocean's rhyme;

We're on island time;

And everything's fine;

Island time;

Sweet and slow;

So fine;

And if the mainland's calling with its noise and its stress;

I'll let the answerphone give it a maybe more or less;

Cause I found the thing that money couldn't buy;

Right here where the sea meets the sky;

We're on island time;

We're on island time;

Let the whole world hurry;

I'll stay behind;

Rock a little slower to the ocean's rhyme;

We're on island time;

And everything's fine;

Island time;

Sweet and slow;

Sweet and slow;

So fine;

Sweet and slow, so fine;