| Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine
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| Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine
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| It’s a different planet, it’s a different place
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| He calls it out of this world without traveling to space
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| It’s not just a lesson in geography
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| No equation to unravel algebraically
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| It’s written in the wind and on the tropical sea
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| From south of the equator it keeps callin' to me
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| South American well you know I would
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| South American if I only could
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| I wanna be, I wanna be going back
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| You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams
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| Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream
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| I’ve been around too long to care what anyone says
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| I’m hungry and I’m doing lunch with Cameron Diaz
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| South American she’s got that tango look
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| South American she’ll read you like a book
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| I wanna be, I wanna be going back
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| It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase
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| A simple translation this message conveys
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| Gimme that, gimme that South American girl
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| I wanna be, I wanna be where it’s at
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| South American I’m not on some trip
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| South American I just long for a ship
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| A sailing boat or anything that floats
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| Going back |