Baby when I met you there was peace unknown,
I set out to get you with a fine toothed comb,
I was soft inside, there was something goin' on.
You do something to me that I can't explain,
hold me closer and I feel no pain,
ev'ry beat of my heart we got something goin on.
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication,
all this love we feel needs no conversation.
We ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, uh huh.
Islands in the stream that is what we are,
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
Sail away with me to another world,
and we rely on each other, uh huh,
from one lover to another, uh huh.
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I can't live without you if the love was gone,
ev'rything is nothing if you got no one,
and you did walk in the night, slowly losin' sight of the real thing.
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt,
too deep in love and we got no way out,
and the message is clear this could be the year for the real thing.
No more will you cry, baby, I will hurt you never,
we start and end as one, in love for ever,
we can ride it together, uh huh, makin' love with each other, un huh.
Islands in the stream that is what we are,
no one in between, how can we be wrong.
Sail away with me to another world,
and we rely on each other, uh huh,
from one lover to another, uh huh.