I took a trip down to the shores of Tahiti I met a girl walking along the sand I never thought for a guy like me, love would come so easy I said to her that "I want to be your man" But she turned her head away from me And told me this could never be And then she left without telling why (Chorus): Cool breeze, cool off my burning heart And blow away the misty reason that keeps us apart Cool breeze, blow all my thoughts away For she's on my mind by night and by day I had to know, so I went to her father's plantation And there he stood, leaning against the door I said "Please, won't you give me some kind of explanation?" But all he said was "She won't be here no more For she's on the ship that sailed away" But why she's gone, he wouldn't say I wonder if she'll ever return (Repeat chorus) Cool breeze, cool off my burning heart And blow away the misty reason that keeps us apart Cool breeze