Chop down the cherry trees on Mango Street
Thats the council for you every week
Im just the kind of seafaring guy
Who waits for the tide and the town to get high
I dont like to do a drop of work
Drive a cab nor paint the church
Its been the same since I dont know when
So Im going island hopping again
Been the same since I dont know when
But Im going island hopping again
Gaspar the suspicious ghost
He floats the cargo down the coast
But thats too risky for a man like me
Whose face is known in the territory
Im like a fly in Harrys Bar
Dont use my wings dont walk too far
Its been the same since I dont know when
So Im going island hopping again
Been the same since I dont know when
But Im going island hoppin again
Now Papa Hemingway he rent this boat
With U.S. bills Im sure shell float
And I aint buying on the street
Gotta couple of merchants that I gotta meet
Im waiting here for the firebell to ring
So I can watch somebody doing something
Its been the same since I dont know when
So Im going island hopping again
Been the same since I dont know when
But Im going island hopping again.