flowers of january

Flowers of January

Flowers of January, innocent rain.
Final roll, lone runway we see.
Senses collapsing from the palm trees.
With only one chance lands safely, a twin engine plane.
Carried to paradise by balanced canoes.
Then halfway again round paradise, almost eaten by swells.
Gathering souvenier shells makes up our five short days.
On a coral white beach made perfect by lightyears of waves.

Chorus:
If we get there before the sun goes down,
if we get there before the sun goes down,
if we get there before the sun goes down.

Underwater divers dance with clownfish.
And restaraunts without any walls serve up your favorite dish.
House lizards protect us from mosquitoes at night.
And I never thought that a reptile could be the prettiest sight.

Repeat chorus

There's so much beauty in this world.
I've heard it said by mouth of word.
South Pacific sunsets, the best on earth.
And it means so little when printed in a newspaper.

Repeat chorus three times.