Written by: Bruce Belland, Glen Larson
#4 Jan '58 Top 100
#2 Jan '58 Jockey

Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance

Water all around it everywhere
Tropical trees and the salty air
But for me the thing thats a-waitin there-romance

It seems so distant, twenty-six miles away
Restin in the water serene
Id work for anyone, even the Navy
Who would float me to my island dream

Twenty- six miles, so near yet far
Id swim with just some water-wings and my guitar
I could leave the wings but Ill need the guitar for romance, romance, romance,
romance

Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance

A tropical heaven out in the ocean
Covered with trees and girls
If I have to swim, Ill do it forever
Till Im gazin on those island pearls

Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat
Any old thing thatll stay afloat
When we arrive well all promote romance, romance, romance, romance

Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance

FADE

Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin for me

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