Jamaica Sunday Morning Lyrics - Carnes Kim

(Kim Carnes/Dave Ellingson) 

Jamaica Sunday morning 

April 1803 

Children at the harbor waitin' to see 

There beyond the breakers 

Heading into view 

Sunlight in you sails 

It was you 

But paradise is closed today 

Til' the moon is full and it pulls the tide 

After all these years love is still alive 

She still waits on the other side 

The captain tried to warn the men 

As he tried to mend the sails 

But a whim of the wind 

Was too much for him 

And he failed 

And at the same time on the shoreline 

She was waiting for her captain 

And she never believed it 

When they told her what had happened 

Paradise is closed today 

Til' the moon is full and it pulls the tide 

After all these years love is still alive 

She still waits on the other side 

Jamaica Sunday morning 

April 1803 

Children at the harbor waitin' to see 

There beyond the breakers 

Heading into view 

Sunlight in you sails 

It was you