Oh, have you ever been down to Haiti
when the summer sun is sinking low?
There's nothing but romance just everywhere you glance
and the native hearts are all aglow.
But when the Cuban queen comes up on the scene,
they stare like a statue with a stone.
And when they realize that what's before their eyes,
the other girls are left all alone.
Down in the Caribbean,
it's not a dream you see when you get
a glimpse of the lady with the charms.
But for miles away,
well,
you can see her sway to the beat of the Cuban conga line that forms.
Up in a tree so high,
way up in the sky,
there sits a wide-eyed monkey on a limb.
He wonders why the people go to so much
trouble just to try and be like him.
He doesn't understand that it's a lady's
hand that makes her heart feel so sublime.
But before too long,
he starts to sing their song and then he gets in the conga line.
Down in the Caribbean,
it's not a dream you see when you get a glimpse of the lady with
the charms.
But for miles away,
well,
you can see her sway to the beat of the Cuban conga line that forms.
Columbus searched for spices,
but he missed the nicest part of the Caribbean.
He didn't see the charms and the open arms.
It was the gold that he was seeing.
Oh,
but I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed,
because we're on our honeymoon.
And I'm so sorry,
Chris,
to talk about you like this,
but you were 500 years too soon.
Down in the Caribbean,
it's not a dream you see when you get
a glimpse of the lady with the charms.
But for miles away,
well,
you can see her sway to the beat of the Cuban conga line that forms.