Sometimes I get to feeling low
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Wish I could just pick up and go somewhere new
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Change my point of view
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Maybe somewhere I don't know
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Toss the idea to and fro
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Not sure what makes it come and go
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There it is again: sweet music on the wind
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Over the Gulf of Mexico
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I'm going to down to Cuba someday soon
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Following that Caribbean moon
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It's been too long since I've been there
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I'm going down to Cuba with my friends
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Down where the rhythm never ends
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Where women wear gardenias in their hair
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People will tell you it's not easy
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You're not supposed to go, they say
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They say that Cuba is the enemy
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I'm going down there anyway
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I'm going down to Cuba to see my friends
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Down where the rhythm never ends
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No problem is too difficult to solve
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Yeah times are tough down there it's true
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But you know they're going to make it through
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They make such continuous use of the verb to resolve
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They've got to deal with that embargo
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Enough to drive any country insane
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They might not know the things you and I know
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They do know what to do in a hurricane
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Maybe I'll go through Mexico
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Old Jesse Helms don't have to know
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Anyway all the allies of the USA
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Travel to Cuba everyday
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I'm going down to Cuba to see my friends
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Down where the rhythm never ends
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Where by comparison my trouble will just unravel
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I'm North American, you know
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Don't like to hear where I can't go
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Free people will insist on the freedom to travel
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I'm going to drink the rum mojito
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And walk out on the Malecon
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In one hand a Monte Cristo
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And in the other an ice cream cone
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I'm going down to Cuba with my band
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We're going to formulate a plan
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Whereby we obtain that cultural permission
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If I told you once I told you thrice
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It'll put a smile on your face to see a Chevrolet with a Soviet transmission
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I bet the country cast a spell
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And there are things I think of still
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Like the beauty of that woman that spoke to me
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In the Hotel Nacional
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I'm gonna book my flight today
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I'm definitely on my way
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Just hold my place and I'll get back in the race
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And I'm back in the USA
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Going Down To Cuba
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| Jackson Browne |
