La Isla Bonita
written by Madonna, Pat Leonard, and Bruce Gaitsch
Track 7, Time:
[translation in brackets]
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(Spoken:)
Cómo puede ser verdad [how can it be true]
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I’d never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Chorus:
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita [the beautiful island]
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo te amo [he told you, “I love you”]
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast
(chorus)
I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it’s time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
(chorus twice)
La la la la
la la la
Te dijo te amo [he told you, “I love you”]
La la la la
la la la
Él dijo que te ama [he
said that he loves you]
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