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Twenty-six miles across the sea
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Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me,
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Santa Catalina, the island of romance,
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romance, romance, romance.
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Water all a-round it ev'rywhere,
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tropical trees and the salty air,
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but for me the thing that's a-waitin' there's romance.
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It seems so distant, twenty-six miles away, restin' in the water serene.
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Think I'd work for anyone, even the Navy, who would float me to my island dream.
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Twenty-six miles, so near, yet far.
I'd swim with just some water wings and my guitar.
I can leave the wings but I'll need the guitar
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for romance, romance, romance, romance.
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C Am Dm G7
Twenty-six miles across the sea
C Am Dm G7
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me,
C Am Dm G7
Santa Catalina, the island of romance,
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romance, romance, romance.
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C Am Dm G7
Water all a-round it ev'rywhere,
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tropical trees and the salty air,
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but for me the thing that's a-waitin' there's romance.
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A tropical heaven out in the ocean covered with trees and girls.
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If I have to swim I'd do it forever till I'm gazin' on those island pearls.
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Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat,
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Any old thing that'll stay afloat.
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When we arrive we'll all promote romance, romance, romance ro--mance