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ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)
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Rupert Holmes 1979
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I was tired of my lady,
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We've been together too long.
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Like a worn-out recording,
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of a favorite song.
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So while she lay there sleeping,
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I read the paper in bed.
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And in the personals column,
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There was this letter I read:
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"If you like Pina Coladas,
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And getting caught in the rain.
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If you're not into yoga,
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If you have half-a-brain
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If you like making love at midnight,
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In the dunes of the cape.
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I'm the lady you've looked for,
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Write to me, and escape."
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I didn't think about my lady,
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I know that sounds kind of mean.
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But me and my old lady,
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Have fallen into the same old dull routine.
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So I wrote to the paper,
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Took out a personal ad.
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And though I'm nobody's poet,
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I thought it wasn't half-bad.
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"Yes, I like Pina Coladas,
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And getting caught in the rain.
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I'm not much into health food,
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I am into champagne.
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I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon,
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And cut through all this red tape.
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At a bar called O'Malley's,
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Where we'll plan our escape."
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So I waited with high hopes,
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Then she walked in the place.
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I knew her smile in an instant,
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I knew the curve of her face.
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It was my own lovely lady,
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And she said, "Oh, it's you."
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And we laughed for a moment,
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And I said, "I never knew..
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That you liked Pina Coladas,
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And getting caught in the rain.
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And the feel of the ocean,
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And the taste of champagne.
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If you like making love at midnight,
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In the dunes of the cape.
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You're the love that I've looked for,
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Come with me, and escape."
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"If you like Pina Coladas,
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And getting caught in the rain.
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If you're not into yoga,
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If you have half-a-brain.
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If you like making love at midnight,
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In the dunes of the cape.
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I'm the lady you've looked for,
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Write to me, and escape."
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Escape
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Rupert Holmes |