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McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
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Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
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Say it to me, if you got something to confess
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I heard all about it, he was going down slow
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I heard it on, the wireless radio
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From down in the boondocks way down in Key West
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I’m searching for love, for inspiration
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On that pirate radio station
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Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest
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Radio signal’s clear as can be
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I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see
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Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West
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Key West is the place to be
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If you’re looking for immortality
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Stay on the road, follow the highway sign
Fmaj7
Key West is fine and fair,
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If you lost your mind, you will find it there
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Key West is on the horizon line
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I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
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Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
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Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest
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Well, it might not be the thing to do
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But I’m sticking with you through and through
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Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
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I got both of my feet planted square on the ground
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Got my right hand high, with the thumb down
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Such is life, such is happiness
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Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
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If you wear one, put it behind your ear
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Down in the bottom, way down in Key West
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Key West is the place to go
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Down by the Gulf of Mexico
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Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
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Key West is the gateway key
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to innocence and purity
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Key West, Key West is the enchanted land
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I’ve never lived in the land of Oz
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Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause
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It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
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China blossoms of a toxic plant
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They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
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Down in the flat lands way down in Key West
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Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
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They can give you that bleeding heart disease
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People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness
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On Newton Street, Bay view Park
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Walking in the shadow after dark
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Down under, way down in Key West
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I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
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I know all the Hindu rituals
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People tell me that I’m truly blessed
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Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
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Winter here is an unknown thing
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Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
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Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
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You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
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Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
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Key West, Key West is the land of light
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Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
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I’m not that far, before I come back home
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I do what I think is right, what I think is best
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History street off off Mallory Square
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Truman had his White House there
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East bound, west bound, way down in Key West
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Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
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Forced me to marry a prostitute
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There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
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That’s my story, but not where it ends
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She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
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Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
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I play both sides against the middle
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Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
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I heard the news, I heard your last request
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Fly around my pretty little Miss
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I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
Fmaj7 Am
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
Fmaj7
Key West is the place to be
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If you’re looking for immortality
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Key West is paradise divine
Fmaj7
Key West is fine and fair
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If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
Fmaj7 Am
Key West is on the horizon line
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