Florida

Sailing on the subway late last night

I read your picture postcard from paradise

The one with the palm trees and the moonlight

Softly laying on the bay

I read what you said, you said, "Wish you were here

It's winter up there, here it's summer all year

So I'm sending some sunshine with this souvenir

To keep you warm while you're away"

St. Augustine, won't you pray for me?

Show me my way back to the sea

Baby's been waiting endlessly

For me in Florida

She's my fair bit of youth, she's my old Key West

The brightest of bloom in my treasure chest

The flower that blooms the loveliest in Florida

Florida, Florida

Going back to the peninsula, Florida

It's a hard life when the island you're on

Is covered with snow, steel and stone

Where the natives are restless all night long

Ooh, the jungle never sleeps

And dreams of golden days tanning in the sun

With the dollars you raise, all the sandy ones

And when you're making waves, you're just having fun

Making love out on the beach

St. Augustine, won't you pray for me?

Show me my way back to the sea

Where baby's been waiting endlessly

For me in Florida

She's my fair bit of youth, she's my old Key West

The brightest of bloom in my treasure chest

The flower that blooms the loveliest in Florida

Florida, Florida

Going back to the peninsula, Florida

Ooh, Florida, Florida

Going down the peninsula, oh, my Florida

Ooh yeah, Florida, Florida

Back to the peninsula, oh, my Florida