Oh Jamaica

OH JAMAICA, YOU'VE TAKEN MY HEART FROM ME OH JAMAICA, I HATE THIS MISERY ISLAND LIVING IN THE SUN STAYING WARM FOR EVERY ONE ALWAYS SWEET YOUR MANGO TREE OH JAMAICA, SET ME FREE OH JAMAICA, YOUR BEAUTY MAKES ME SMILE OH JAMAICA I HAVE TO SAIL AWHILE TILL I FIND A HURRICANE MAYBE THEN I'LL LOSE THIS PAIN SAILING SOME UNCHARTED SEA LOVE'S NOT EASY BUT IT'S FREE OH JAMAICA, WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN OH JAMAICA, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHEN TREADING SOFTLY HERE IN SPACE TRYING TO LOVE THE HUMAN RACE OH JAMAICA, YOU SPOILED ME HOW CAN MORE LOVE EVER BE OH JAMAICA, THOUGHTS OF YOU STILL BURN OH JAMAICA, IF YOU EVER DO RETURN WILL IT EVER BE THE SAME CAN WE MAKE IT GOOD AGAIN COUNTING FACES IN THE MOON OH JAMAICA, ITS NOT SOON

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Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 12/9/2019 8:32:00 AM

Bless your Ocho Rios soul, D. Lines! Ty for sharing this beautiful ballad w/us dirt po' souls. True love is a lost island idyllic commodity. May it again wash up upon your beach sandal shore. Fabulous poetry by an uber talented poet. Love and more love always.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 2/16/2019 6:02:00 PM

Her name was perfect, poetic like this tribute to her.

Lunita Blanca

Date: 2/16/2019 5:06:00 PM

Jamaica sounds like something from a lost and special era. This is like a song in the making.

David Lines
Date: 2/16/2019 5:51:00 PM

Thank you for reading OH JAMAICA, I wrote it while sitting on my yacht in English Harbor, Antigua, missing my lady friend whom I called Jamaica since her color was like Jamaican coffee. We sailed together through the islands until a Brit saw her and made her a modeling offer she couldn't refuse. I've since tried putting music to the poem but the muses haven't blessed me yet with the appropriate notes.