Island Hopping

D G D D G Chop down the cherry trees on Mango Street D That's the council for you every week D G I'm just the kind of seafaring guy A D Who waits for the tide and the town to get high D G I don't like to do a drop of work D Drive in cab nor paint the church D G It's been the same since I don't know when A D So I'm going island hopping again D G It's been the same since I don't know when A G But I'm going island hopping again D G Casper the suspicious ghost D He floats the cargo down the coast D G But that’s too risky for a man like me A D Whose face is known in the territory D G I'm like a fly in Harry's Bar D Don't use my wings, don't walk too far D G It's been the same since I don't know when A D So I'm going island hopping again D G It's been the same since I don't know when A G But I'm going island hopping again D G A D D G A D D G Now papa Hemingway he rent this boat D With U.S bills I'm sure she'll float D G And I ain't buying on the street A D Got a couple of merchants that I gotta meet D G I'm waiting here for the fire bells to ring D So I can watch somebody doing something D G It's been the same since I don't know when A D So I'm going island hopping again D G It's been the same since I don't know when A G But I'm going island hopping again D G Yeah yeah yeah A N.C. D N.C. Guess I'm going island hopping again