| Sometimes I get to feeling low
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| Wish I could just pick up and go Somewhere new change my point of view
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| Maybe somewhere I don’t know
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| Toss the idea to and fro
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| Not sure what makes it come and go There it is again sweet music on the wind
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| Over the Gulf of Mexico
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| I’m going to down to Cuba someday soon
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| Following that Caribbean moon
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| It’s been too long since I’ve been there
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| I’m going down there to see my friends
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| Down where the rhythm never ends
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| Where women wear gardenias in their hair
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| People will tell you it’s not easy
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| You’re not supposed to go, they say
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| They say that Cuba is the enemy
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| I’m going down there anyway
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| I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends
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| Down where the rhythm never ends
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| And no problem is too difficult to solve
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| Yeah times are tough down there it’s true
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| But you know they’re gonna make it through
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| They make such continuous use of the verb to resolve
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| They’ve got to deal with that embargo
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| Enough to drive any country insane
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| They might not know the things you and I know
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| They do know what to do in a hurricane
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| Maybe I’ll go through Mexico
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| Old Jesse Helms don’t have to know
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| Anyway all the allies of the USA
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| Travel to Cuba everyday
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| I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends
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| Down where the rhythm never ends
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| Where by comparison my trouble will just unravel
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| I’m North American, you know
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| Don’t like to hear where I can’t go Free people will insist on the freedom to travel
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| I’m gonna drink the running mojito
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| And walk out on the malecón
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| In one hand a monte cristo
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| And in the other an ice cream cone
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| I’m going down to cuba with my band
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| We’re going to formulate a plan
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| Whereby we obtain that cultural delusion
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| If I told you once I told you thrice
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| It’ll put a smile on your face to see a Chevrolet with a soviet transmission
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| I bet the country cast a spell
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| And there are things I think of still
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| Like the beauty of that woman that spoke to me In the hotel nacional
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| I’m gonna book my flight today
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| I’m definitely on my way
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| Just hold my place and I’ll get back in the race
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| And I’m back in the USA |