The Things You Want To Do by Lip Service from Bellingham United States

liz sumner: vocals
bobbi vollendorff: vocals
michael cohen: music, lyrics, guitar
glenn austin: bass, vocals
guest artists:
richard scholtz: autoharp
frank: jackson: tin whistle

the things you want to do

la la la la la the things you want to do

there’s a mango tree in a little town
there’s a town down by a bay
there’s a bay way out on a jungle island
somewhere far away
an island beauty combs her hair under that mango tree
with no worry and no care, she’s waiting there for me
but this is just a dream romance, that someday may come true
someday i may get a chance, to do the things i want to do

la la la la la the things you want to do

there’s a sandpiper piping in the sand
the sand is warm ‘neath my feet
my feet go walking down to the water, to cool the mid-day heat
the piper playing with the waves, oh what a life of ease
if i were him i would behave exactly as i please
but i have responsibility and obligation too
someday maybe i’ll be free, to do the things i want to do

la la la la la the things you want to do

there’s a mountain in a far off land
there’s a land strange and serene
a serenity that comes from being where no man has been
her snowy peak shines like a pearl
like it’s my destiny
maybe the secrets of the world
are waiting there for me
someday i should heed the and sail off into the blue
someday i should bag it all, and do the things i want to do

remember you can always say, it’s time my dreams come true
then maybe you can get away and do the things you want to do

la la la la la the things you want to do