Down on Longboat Key
Down on Longboat Key
Down on Longboat Key
Down on Longboat Key
She just keeps on waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting
Down on Longboat Key

She makes believe, he brought them all the way from China
She sees the fishermen, the nets and the sunset
She says, "No, I'm already taken"

He promised her, he'd come back and take her
Stole her heart many years ago
Young sailors make a play to take her home
Where the island sand meets the Gulf Stream Bridge
She spends her life in a dream
She stands there lookin' at the crystal blue water
Down on Longboat Key
Where the island sand meets the Gulf Stream Bridge
Down on Longboat Key
The story is that a dark haired stranger
Where the island sand meets the Gulf Stream Bridge

Talkin' to herself, dreamin' time away
Oh, they just laugh when she mentions his name
Down on Longboat Key
But she don't see him, her eyes fill with tears
Down on Longboat Key
She spends her life in a dream on Longboat Key
Around the world, bring her hills of gold
Down on Longboat Key
Down on Longboat Key
All alone she sips her pina colada
She runs to meet them down at the pier
Down on Longboat Key yeah yeah

She spends her life in a dream on Longboat Key
Down on Longboat Key

Then the water swirls, the blue-green water swirls
And in the coral she imagines pearls
Down on Longboat Key
Where the island sand meets the Gulf Stream Bridge
Down on Longboat Key
Each afternoon as the snug boats come in
Down on Longboat Key yeah yeah