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La Isla Bonita Lyrics

(Spoken:)
Como puede ser verdad

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away

Chorus:

Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby

I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast

He told you, "I love you"

(chorus)

I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away

(chorus twice)
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Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

Some fans have interpreted the town of San Pedro on the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize, as the San Pedro mentioned in the song. However, Madonna clarified to Rolling Stone on July 27, 2016:

"I don’t know where San Pedro is. At that point, I wasn’t a person who went on holidays to beautiful islands. I may have been on the way to the studio and seen an exit ramp for San Pedro".

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Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

It speaks about a girl who visited a town in a tropical island and fell in love with a boy there.She wants to go back again,but she cannot.So she longs for these days she spent there.

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

Madonna visited a beautiful tropical island and fell in love with it's culture and beauty. Wish I could visit a warm, gorgeous tropical island...

This song has a fun beat and tune, plus it's good for annoying your spouse/significant other when you play it really loud and sing along.

It’s probably Sri Lanka ????????

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

The lyrics of this song are very specific. It's about a vacation Madonna took with her husband. They were in Belize, in the town of San Pedro.

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

The song is not about California but about San Pedro--a city in Abergris Caye, the island off the coast of Belize.

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

This is one of my favorites too.

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

Yeah, I'm a closet fan of this song too...

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

It's not SIESTA, is FIESTA (party)

"I want to be where the sun warms the sky When it's time for FIESTA you can watch them go by Beautiful faces, no cares in this world Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl"

LOL Few get that. Cos "fiesta" is a party-"siesta" is a nap... ;)

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

Belize used to be called "British Honduras"....sorry nothing else to say! The song means the song!

Cover art for La Isla Bonita lyrics by Madonna

La Isla Bonita-Madonna's First Evita Prelude is a lovely and beautiful Ciccone ballad-Madonna relishes performing it live. A Brilliant Confession/Prayer of Love, Art and Brilliance! I Love This Song!. Madonna Relishes and Cries in this song in Happy Smiles and Sad Tears! Loving it All in a beautiful love song and Ciccone/Peron/Simpson melody! Madonna Forever! Love You Madge!

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