Kim Carnes - Jamaica Sunday Morning

One of my favorite songs from St. Vincent's Court, Kim Carnes' first album for EMI America Records.

Lyrics:

Jamaica Sunday morning, April 1803
Children at the harbor waitin' to see
There beyond the breakers heading into view
Sunlight in your sails, it was you

But paradise is closed today
Till the moon is full and it pulls the tide
After all these years, love is still alive
She still waits on the other side

The captain tried to warn the men
As he tried to mend the sails
But a whim of the wind was too much for him
And he failed

And at the same time, on the shoreline
She was waiting for her captain
And she never believed it
When they told her what had happened

Paradise is closed today
Till the moon is full and it pulls the tide
After all these years, love is still alive
She still waits on the other side

Jamaica Sunday morning, April 1803
Children at the harbor waitin' to see
There beyond the breakers heading into view
Sunlight in your sails, it was you

Category:

Music

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• kim
• carnes
• archives
• jamaica
• sunday
• morning
• april
• 1803
• 1979
• st
• vincent's
• court

[AgentF84s]

this is kims best ballad ever and the sadest one too....

[sortashaman]

Wow...haven't heard this in many-a-year...not since Radio KEZX in Seattle, during the "good years" (approx. 1982-90), when it was the "Northwest Contemporary" station...Thanks for uploading this wonderful song!

[solredoc]

beatiful.