Here I'm sitting and it's getting cold
The morning rain against my window babe
While the weather looks all cold and gray
In my mind I drift away
while I'm on my way to tropic island
You always said I was a dreamer
You were right, oh---


*I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
Get alone and leave this place behind me
I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
And prove to myself I can live without your love*


Here I'm sitting in a beautiful place
Sun is shining on my face again
Think about the way it had to end
Now I'm sitting here along
And it's not the way we were together
I want you to know
I am going to miss you, miss you bad

*I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
Get alone and leave this place behind me
I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
And prove to myself I can live without your love*


I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
Forget our love and leave this place behind
I got to buy me a ticket to the tropics
And prove to myself that I can......