The beat of Rarotonga

a fire and clear star sky.

You whisper Kia Orana to the sea

And dream a lullaby

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The sun and Rarotonga 

conspired to make me new

But waves and reef 

and sand and sun 

Were nothing without you 

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I don’t feel alive here in the city 

And I really don’t know why

I’m just a nameless number 

With a short term alibi 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

I want to stay here forever

Although I know we have to fly 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

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It’s a long way to Rarotonga

Flying was the easy part 

But I knew, 

just not for you 

When you packed your bags and heart. 

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When you find a lucky slice of life

In the pacific southern sun 

My eyes had seen half a hundred years 

But my heart was twenty one 

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I don’t feel as alive here in the city 

And I really don’t know why

I’m just a nameless number 

With a short term alibi 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

I want to stay here forever

Although I know we have to fly 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

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(Bridge) 

What if all those stars went out 

In the night sky when we kissed 

Could we turn those stars back on 

In a moment just like this

When we leave here tomorrow 

We will feel a leaving pain 

The sun will light 

our outward flight 

Stars will bring us back again

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I don’t feel as alive here in the city 

And I really don’t know why

I’m just a nameless number 

With a short term alibi 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

I want to stay here forever

Although I know we have to fly 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

But when I’m in Rarotonga 

I am the land, the sea, the sky 

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Copyright: Rod de Lisle