I met a fair Tica, down in Costa Rica, when I was a young man in New Are - nal
Her name was Anita, esta que bo - nita, esta pura vida, where I came to fall
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But she had no place, for a gringo like me, in time her affection turned neigh
Her beauty contrasted my selfish demean, she gave and I took it a - way
Pura vida, Anita, tu mi cora - zon
Pero no me a - mas ? te
Adios to Anita, and then I was gone
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I left my Anita, to stay
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The volcano, she rumbles, and belches out steam, and casts a great shadow on the valley be - low
Com - pared to the things that the gringos they bring, her danger is nothing, nothing at all
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And the rainforest harbors a dark mystery, the beauty a sweet siren song
Danger lurks under the green canopy, but it never stays hidden for long
Pura vida, Anita, tu mi cora - zon
Pero no me a - mas ? te
Raise a glass for Anita, and twenty years on
I still miss Anita, to this day