This song was inspired by a lady I met from Poland. She suggested we meet one day in Zanzibar. We never got to met but from that conversation, I wrote this song.
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Lyrics
ZANZIBAR
Original version written in the key of EM
[Verse 1]
The spice man
shifts uneasy
He stares at the man with the elephant gun
He's been watching him all night
Gonna make a deal with the man from the East
He is gonna sell
Everything he kills
[Chorus]
You and I are going to Zanzibar
Zanzibar, where the air smells so sweet
Zanzibar, where the water tastes like wine
And I heard somebody whisper low
It's where all the pretty women go
Gonna take you with me
To Zanzibar
Where the water tastes like wine
Zanzibar
Where the air smells so sweet
Zanzibar
We'll have a good time
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
He says, "Come on, follow me"
He takes me to where
He is anchored in the bay
I hear them holler
From down below
And what I see
Makes me shiver inside
[Chorus]
You and I are going to Zanzibar
Zanzibar, where the water tastes like wine
Zanzibar, where the air smells so sweet
Zanzibar, we'll have a good time
Then I heard somebody whisper low
"What you don't see here
You don't know."
Zanzibar
Yeah, we'll have a good time
[Outro]
Zanzibar
Where the water tastes like wine
Zanzibar
Where the air smells so sweet
We'll have a good time
In Zanzibar