JIMMY BUFFETT - One Particular Harbour lyrics

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