[Chords]

Csus4     x 3 x 0 1 1
G/B       x 2 0 0 0 x
F/C       x x x 5 6 5
C*        x x x 5 5 3
F/A       x x x 2 1 1



[Intro]

      
  *      


[Verse 1]


The wind is in

 from Africa

Last night I c

ouldn't sleep
              
Oh, you know i

             
t sure is hard

    
 to leave here

 Carey
         
But it's reall

y not my home
           
My fingernails

             
 are filthy, I

 got beach tar

 on my feet
             
And I miss my 

             
clean white li

           
nen and my fan

cy French colo

gne


[Chorus]

             
Oh Carey, get 

         
out your cane
             
And I'll put o

       
n some silver
             
Oh you're a me

             
an old Daddy, 

                   
but I like you


[Verse 2]

           
Come on down t

              
o the Mermaid 

              
Cafe and I wil

  
l buy you a bo

ttle of wine
             
And we'll laug

              
h and toast to

             
 nothing and s

         
mash our empty

 glasses down
             
Let's have a r

/
ound for these

 freaks and th

ese soldiers
  
A round for th

ese friends of

 mine
              
Let's have ano

             
ther round for

              
 the bright re

  
d devil
              
Who keeps me i


n this tourist

 town


[Chorus]

              
Come on, Carey

              
, get out your

 
 cane
             
I'll put on so

   
me silver
             
Oh you're a me

             
an old Daddy, 

                   
but I like you


[Verse 3]


Maybe I'll go 

to Amsterdam
    
Or maybe I'll 

go to Rome
             
And rent me a 

             
grand piano an

             
d put some flo

wers 'round my

 room
      
But let's not 

talk about far

e-thee-wells n

ow
     
The night is a

 starry dome.
              
And they're pl

             
ayin' that scr

       
atchy rock and

 roll
             
Beneath the Ma

tala Moon


[Chorus]

             
Come on, Carey

              
, get out your

 
 cane
             
And I'll put o

       
n some silver
             
You're a mean 

             
old Daddy, but

                
 I like you


[Verse 4]


The wind is in

 from Africa
      
Last night I c

ouldn't sleep
              
Oh, you know i

             
t sure is hard

        
 to leave here
            
But, it's real

ly not my home

Maybe it's bee

n too long a t

ime
             
Since I was sc

ramblin' down 

in the street
              
Now they got m

             
e used to that

             
 clean white l

inen
           
And that fancy

 French cologn

e


[Chorus]

             
Oh Carey, get 

         
out your cane
             
I'll put on my

       
 finest silver
             
We'll go to th

            
e Mermaid Cafe
            
Have fun tonig

ht


[Ending]

             
I said, Oh, yo

              
u're a mean ol

             
d Daddy, but y

            
ou're out of s

ight