I wanna take you to...

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya...

Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama

Key Largo, Montego, 

baby 

why 

don't 

we go

I was in early 

high 

school the first time I heard the song. I 

remember sharing it with my friends - of course, not thru 

internet or youtube or i-tune.. those were not 

even dreamed of during those times. (As teens, 

we survived without i-pods, mobile phones, psp 

and other techie gadgets teens nowadays deemed as necessary in order to live.) 

Not even knowing who sang it . (Now I know it's 

the Beach Boys.) At that age, I may not be able 

to understand the entire lyrics of the song. 

What I know is I love the rythm, 

the beat and how it is sang.

Probably, it has something to do with my love of nature, especially the waters. I just liked the song and grew up hearing it from time to time.

Now, I heard the song again. And ... come to think of it... 

I am already in one of the 

places 

mentioned in the 

song!

And I still like it. It's like how I enjoy the beach, the province and the nature in general as I mature.

So here goes the video and the lyrics for the song Kokomo.

Off the Florida Keys there's a place called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go to get away from it all
Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drumband
Down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo Montego, baby why don't we go
Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo,
we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo.

Martinique, that Monserrat mystique...

We'll put out to sea and we'll perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy a little bit of gravity
Afternoon delight, cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye, give me a tropical contacthigh
Way down in Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo Montego, baby why don't we go
Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo,
we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo.
Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse...
Everybody knows a little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go to get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo