Intro Verse There's a ship and it sails a sea of light On its way to me tonight from a distant shore Taking me home once more And the waves, and the whistling of the wind Make me come alive again, my destiny's at my door Bridge gonna leave this town forever And go where i'll never | Need an overcoat no more Where they cry “ooh la la laaa” Every night and every day Sitting by the gulf coast Just a thousand miles away Where they cry “ooh la la laaa” On an island i will dwell Starlit nights in paradise On the isle of sanibel Interlude | | (break) Verse There's a girl, and i see her dressed in white As she lies there in the night. i can hear her cry Where has he gone and why? But she knows that someday he will arrive And it keeps her love alive Dreams can never die Bridge she looks across the ocean The sails in motion | In the early morning sky Where they cry “ooh la la laaa” Every night and every day Sitting by the gulf coast Just a thousand miles away Where they cry “ooh la la laaa” On an island i will dwell Starlit nights in paradise | On the isle of sanibel Middle 8 Angels of the water, sirens of the sea | Whispering their sweet love songs, calling out to me (break) “ooh la la laaa” Every night and every day Sitting by the gulf coast Just a thousand miles away Where they cry “ooh la la laaa” On an island i will dwell Starlit nights in paradise On the isle of sanibel Spend my nights in paradise On the isle of sanibel Coda | (break)