Got a letter from a long lost cousin of mine
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Who owns a little piece of heaven in the Argentine
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It's a different planet, it's a different place
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He calls it out of this world without traveling to space
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It's not just a lesson in geography
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No equation to unravel algebraically
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It's written in the wind and on the tropical sea
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From south of the equator it keeps callin'to me
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South American well you know I would
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South American if I only could
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I wanna be, I wanna be going back
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You only get to heaven if you chase your dreams
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Let the paparazzi flash, let the tabloid scream
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I've been around too long to care what anyone says
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I'm hungry and I'm doing lunch with Cameron Diaz
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South American she's got that tango look
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South American she?ll read you like a book
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I wanna be, I wanna be going back
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It rolls off my tongue like a magical phrase
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A simple translation this message conveys
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Gimme that, gimme that South American girl
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I wanna be, I wanna be where it's at
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South American I'm not on some trip
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South American I just long for a ship
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A sailing boat or anything that floats
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Going back
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South American
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Brian Wilson |