Six years I've been in the city Every night I dreamt of the sea They say home is where you find it Will this place ever satisfy me? For I come from the salt water people We always live by the sea Now I'm down here living in the city With my man and a family My island home, my island home My island home, is waiting for me In the evening the dry wind blows From the hills and across the plains I close my eyes and I'm standing In a boat on the sea again And I'm holding that long turtle spear And I feel I'm close now to where it must be My island home is waiting for me For I come from the salt water people We always live by the sea Now I'm down here living in the city With my man and a family My island home, my island home My island home, is waiting for me My island home, my island home My island home, my island home