Smiling Islands

I don’t want to live forever
But I don’t want to die alone
A pair of eyes that love me
Is all that I want.

I don’t want to say no goodbyes
But I don’t want our love then pain
Life’s too short to play
Those kinds of games.

Oh, I don’t want to be the one leaving
But I see your winds have changed
We’re sailing in different directions
Yet we both want to stay close friends
Smiling islands…

I don’t need to see you’re pretending
I don’t want those lies in bed
Better just to end it
Than cheat on what’s left…
I don’t want to make you unhappy
And I don’t want to let us go
You’re the one with the eyes that give me hope…

Oh, I don’t want to be the one leaving
But I see your winds have changed
We’re sailing in different directions
Yet we both want to stay close friends
Smiling islands…

Then one day when we’ve sailed over every sea
We’ll remember that we sailed away honestly…

Ohoo…
I don’t want to live forever
I don’t want to die alone
A pair of eyes that love me
Is all that I want.
(Smiling islands…)

I don’t want to say no goodbyes
But I don’t want our love in vain
Life’s too short to play
Those kinds of games.
(Smiling islands…)

I don’t need to see you’re pretending
I don’t want those lies in my bed
It's better just to end it
Than cheat on what’s left…
(Smiling islands…)
I don’t want to make you unhappy And I don’t want to let us go
You’re the one with the eyes that give me hope…
(Smiling islands…)

~`*`~`*`~

~ Stevie - duet with Robbie Patton on Orders From Headquarters, 1984.