[Intro]
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[Verse]

Baby when I me

t you there wa

s peace unknow

n

I set out to g

et you with a 

fine tooth com

b.
             
I was soft ins

              
ide, there was

              
 something goi

         
n' on

You do somethi

ng to me that 

I can't explai

n
             
  Hold me clos

              
er and I feel 

              
no pain, ev'ry

 
 beat of my he

art
              
We got somethi

          
ng goin' on

[Pre-Chorus]
              
Tender love is

 
 blind, it req

uires a dedica

tion

  All this lov

e we feel need

s no conversat

ion
   
We ride it tog

ether, uh huh
        
Makin' love wi

th each other,

 uh huh

[Chorus]
             
Islands in the

              
 stream, that 

        
is what we are
          
No one in betw

een, how can w

e be wrong
             
Sail away with

          
 me to another

 world
         
And we rely on

 each other, u

h huh
            
From one lover

              
 to another, u

  
h huh

[Verse]

I can't live w

ithout you if 

the love was g

one

Ev'rything is 

nothing if you

 got no one
            
And you did wa

lk in the nigh

t
              
Slowly losin' 

             
sight of the r

#          
eal thing
    
But that won't

 happen to us 

and we got no 

doubt

  Too deep in 

love and we go

t no way out
        
And the messag

e is clear, th

is could be th

e year
        
For the real t

hing

[Pre-Chorus]
              
No more will y

   
ou cry. Baby I

 will hurt you

 never
   
We start and e

nd as one in l

ove forever we

 can

Ride it togeth

er, uh huh
        
Makin' love wi

th each other,

 uh huh

[Chorus]
            
Islands in the

              
 stream, that 

        
is what we are
          
No one in betw

een, how can w

e be wrong
            
Sail away with

          
 me to another

 world
         
And we rely on

 each other, u

h huh
           
From one lover

              
 to another, u

  
h huh

[Bridge]
      
             S

ail away
           
   I can sail 

         
away. Be with 

me

[Chorus]
            
Islands in the

              
 stream, that 

        
is what we are
          
No one in betw

een, how can w

e be wrong
            
Sail away with

          
 me to another

 world
         
And we rely on

 each other, u

h huh
           
From one lover

              
 to another, u

  
h huh
            
Islands in the

              
 stream, that 

        
is what we are
          
No one in betw

een, how can w

e be wrong
            
Sail away with

          
 me to another

 world
         
And we rely on

 each other, u

h huh
           
From one lover

              
 to another, u

  
h huh