One particular harbour
By: jimmy buffett, bobby holcomb
1983
For marius skatelborough
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao neiI know I don't get there often enough
But God knows I surely try
It's a magic kind of medicine
That no doctor could prescribeI used to rule my world from a pay phone
Ships out on the sea
But now times are rough
And I got too much stuff
Can't explain likes of meChorus:
But there's this one particular harbour
So far but yet so near
Where I see the days as they fade away
And finally disappearBut now I think about the good times
Down in the caribbean sunshine
In my younger days I was so bad
Laughin' about all the fun we hadI seen enough to feel the world spin
Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins
Listen to the drummers and the night sounds
Listen to the singers make the world go 'round(pan solo)Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao neiLakes below the mountain
Flow into the sea
Like oils applied to canvas
They permeate through meAnd there's that one particular harbour
Sheltered from the wind
Where the children play on the shore each day
And all are safe withinMost mysterious calling harbour
So far but yet so near
I can see the day when my hair's full gray
And I finally disappearIa ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao neiIa ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura (ua pau te maitai no te fenua)
E mea arofa teie ao neiIa ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura (ua pau te maitai no te fenua)
E mea arofa teie ao nei, hey now, hey now, hey nowIa ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao neiUa pau te maitai no te fenua [bounty of the land is exhausted]
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie [but there's still abundance in the sea]
Ua pau te maitai no te fenua
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie- notes:
Background vocals: timothy b. schmit and the chorale epherona
Additional percussion and congas: errol "crusher" bennett
Pahue and toere drums: jimmy buffett, jim shea, and sam clayton (the
Boom boom boys)
Language is tahitian