ONE PARTICULAR HARBOR
Jimmy Buffett, Bobby Holcomb - 1983


Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 
Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 

I know I don't get there often enough 
But God knows I surely try 
It's a magic kind of medicine 
That no doctor could prescribe 

I used to rule my world from a pay phone 
Ships out on the sea 
But now times are rough 
And I got too much stuff 
Can't explain likes of me 

Chorus: 
But there's this one particular harbour 
So far but yet so near 
Where I see the days as they fade away 
And finally disappear 

But now I think about the good times 
Down in the Caribbean sunshine 
In my younger days I was so bad 
Laughin' about all the fun we had 

I seen enough to feel the world spin 
Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins 
Listen to the drummers and the night sounds 
Listen to the singers make the world go 'round 

(pan solo) 

Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 
Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 

Lakes below the mountain 
Flow into the sea 
Like oils applied to canvas 
They permeate through me 

And there's that one particular harbour 
Sheltered from the wind 
Where the children play on the shore each day 
And all are safe within 

Most mysterious calling harbour 
So far but yet so near 
I can see the day when my hair's full gray 
And I finally disappear 

Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 
Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 

Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 
Ia ora te natura (Ua pau te maitai no te fenua) 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 

Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 
Ia ora te natura (Ua pau te maitai no te fenua) 
E mea arofa teie ao nei, hey now, hey now, hey now 

Ia ora te natura 
E mea arofa teie ao nei 

Ua pau te maitai no te fenua [Bounty of the land is exhausted] 
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie [But there's still abundance in the 
sea] 
Ua pau te maitai no te fenua 
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie