So far away from the home that I once loved
The clouds are massed in the Bali sky
Sweeping so wide above
These simple rhymes are driving me crazy
I'm getting scared 'cause I'm getting so lazy
Oh, Bali Dream
How can you seem so real?

I went away still dreaming of my lover's arms
Though I'm aware he no longer cares
Still my dreams live on and on
But out the water, things seem much smaller
Maybe I could just drift away
Oh, Bali Dream
Look what you're making me say

It just seems that
Life on an island could be so fine
Just sharing my mind with a few survivors
Life on an island could be so fine
Life on an island could be so fine
Sharing my wine with a few survivors
Life on an i-i-i-island ....

You've got your Gamelon music
Playing in the sunset
Fishing families furling out their fishnets
Dolphins flying all around the boats and
Yet, I'm feeling bluer than the ocean

So far away I guess the city's raging on
My recent past could fade and cast
A shadow that no one owns
Is it so sinful, is it simple
Just to let your past drift away
Oh, Bali Dream
Are you asking me to come play?

Now the sun sets over Java
And the sky's as hot as lava
And I'm thinking about the city on fire
Trying to make it happen
And every minute racking my brain
Just to try to make it by
Suddenly I'm wondering
if there's any point in coming back
to pick up the pieces I left behind?
Oh, Bali Dream
Are you just making me high?

With your Gamelon music
And your Frangipan' flowers
Floating like lovely ladies
on the evening breeze?

I spend my days with a dark man that I've met
The kindness that he's shown to me
Should make it easy to forget
But this city girl's got a city mind
And she's thinking 'bout those hard city times
Oh, Bali Dream
How will I ever unwind?

It just seems that
Life on an island could be so fine
Just sharing my mind with a few survivors
Life on an island could be so fine
Life on an island could be so fine
Sharing my wine with a few survivors
Life on an i-i-i-island ...

You've got your Gamelon music
Playing in the sunset
Fishing families furling out their fish nets
Dolphins flying all around the boats and
Every day your swimming in the ocean

You've got your Gamelon music
Playing in the sunset
Fishing families furling out their fish nets
Dolphins flying all around the boats and
Every day your swimming in the ocean

Gamelon music,
And your Frangipan' flowers
Floating like lovely ladies
on the evening breeze....

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Writer(s): Jana Herzen