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
  
   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
  
   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.
  
   Cool breeze, cool off my burning heart
   And blow away the misty reason that keeps us apart
   Cool breeze