today i leave to get away from it all i ll board a liner and head for the caribbean beautiful isles of the west indies swayin palms back into me down where the people are so carefree i ll take a calypso vacation rum and fun sea and sun wish i were there this minute don t blame me if i m impatient to take a calypso vacation maybe i ll go by way of old nassau i ll leave my cares behind in the caribbean port au prince in old haiti visit them all may even stay island music is calling me to take a calypso vacation rum and fun sea and sun wish i were there this minute don t blame me if i m impatient to take a calypso vacation i m so anxious to be on the way to take a cruise in the beautiful caribbean maybe i can learn to do the limbo girls can show me what i should know time to catch a boat got to go on my calypso vacation rum and fun sea and sun wish i were there this minute don t blame me if i m impatient to take a calypso vacation to take a calypso vacation