B G#m B G#m
B G#m
McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled
B G#m
Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall
Emaj7 G#m
Say it to me, if you got something to confess
B G#m
I heard all about it, he was going down slow
B G#m
I heard it on, the wireless radio
Emaj7 G#m
From down in the boondocks way down in Key West
B G#m
I’m searching for love, for inspiration
B G#m
On that pirate radio station
Emaj7 G#m
Coming out of Luxembourg and Budapest
B G#m
Radio signal’s clear as can be
B G#m
I’m so deep in love that I can hardly see
Emaj7 G#m
Down on the flat lands, way down in Key West
Emaj7
Key West is the place to be
B G#m
If you’re looking for immortality
B G#m
Stay on the road, follow the highway sign
Emaj7
Key West is fine and fair,
B G#m
If you lost your mind, you will find it there
Emaj7 G#m
Key West is on the horizon line
B G#m
I was born on the wrong side of the railroad track
B G#m
Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
Emaj7 G#m
Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy and all the rest
B G#m
Well, it might not be the thing to do
B G#m
But I’m sticking with you through and through
Emaj7 G#m
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
B G#m
I got both of my feet planted square on the ground
B G#m
Got my right hand high, with the thumb down
Emaj7 G#m
Such is life, such is happiness
B G#m
Hibiscus flowers, they grow everywhere here
B G#m
If you wear one, put it behind your ear
Emaj7 G#m
Down in the bottom, way down in Key West
Emaj7
Key West is the place to go
B G#m
Down by the Gulf of Mexico
B G#m
Beyond the city, beyond the sifting sands
Emaj7
Key West is the gateway key
B G#m
to innocence and purity
Emaj7 G#m
Key West, Key West is the enchanted land
B G#m
I’ve never lived in the land of Oz
B G#m
Or wasted my time with an unworthy cause
Emaj7 G#m
It’s hot down here, and you can’t be overdressed
B G#m
China blossoms of a toxic plant
B G#m
They can make you dizzy, I'd like to help you but I can't
Emaj7 G#m
Down in the flat lands way down in Key West
B G#m
Well the fish tail ponds, and the orchid trees
B G#m
They can give you that bleeding heart disease
Emaj7 G#m
People tell me I ought to try a little tenderness
B G#m
On Newton Street, Bay view Park
B G#m
Walking in the shadow after dark
Emaj7 G#m
Down under, way down in Key West
B G#m
I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
B G#m
I know all the Hindu rituals
Emaj7 G#m
People tell me that I’m truly blessed
B G#m
Bougainvillea blooming in the summer, in the spring
B G#m
Winter here is an unknown thing
Emaj7 G#m
Down in the flat lands, way down in Key West
Emaj7 B G#m
Key West is under the sun, under the radar, under the gun
B G#m
You stay to the left, and then you lean to the right
Emaj7 B G#m
Feel the sunlight on your skin, the healing virtues of the wind
Emaj7 G#m
Key West, Key West is the land of light
B G#m
Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
B G#m
I’m not that far, before I come back home
Emaj7 G#m
I do what I think is right, what I think is best
B G#m
History street off off Mallory Square
B G#m
Truman had his White House there
Emaj7 G#m
East bound, west bound, way down in Key West
B G#m
Twelve years old, they put me in a suit
B G#m
Forced me to marry a prostitute
Emaj7 G#m
There were gold fringes on her wedding dress
B G#m
That’s my story, but not where it ends
B G#m
She’s still cute, and we’re still friends
Emaj7 G#m
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
B G#m
I play both sides against the middle
B G#m
Tryin’ to pick up that pirate radio signal
Emaj7 G#m
I heard the news, I heard your last request
B G#m
Fly around my pretty little Miss
B G#m
I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
Emaj7 G#m
Down on the bottom, way down in Key West
Emaj7
Key West is the place to be
B G#m
If you’re looking for immortality
B G#m
Key West is paradise divine
Emaj7
Key West is fine and fair
B G#m
If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there
Emaj7 G#m
Key West is on the horizon line
B G#m B G#m
Emaj7 G#m B G#m
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