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Turbo Island Lyrics
We're back in the year of 1986
I courted a maid from the wild wild west
She took I to a place
Where cider's always ace
Return to Turbo Island
(Woooaaahh)
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
Our ship 'o should be
A' rockin' on the sea
Our boatsmen be a' prayin' to the lord
My buddy makes a plea
"Oh, won't you marry me?"
As we return to Turbo Island
(Woooaaahh)
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
You won't find Turbo Island
On any sort of a map
They said if you left that place,
There's no way to go back
We searched for Stokes Croft Point
And off the old Bear Pit
And now that we've found the place,
We'll drink like lunatics
(Woooaaahh)
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
(x3)
I courted a maid from the wild wild west
She took I to a place
Where cider's always ace
Return to Turbo Island
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
A' rockin' on the sea
Our boatsmen be a' prayin' to the lord
My buddy makes a plea
"Oh, won't you marry me?"
As we return to Turbo Island
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
On any sort of a map
They said if you left that place,
There's no way to go back
We searched for Stokes Croft Point
And off the old Bear Pit
And now that we've found the place,
We'll drink like lunatics
We'll raise our mid sail
(Woooaaahh)
And we'll battle the gale
(Woooaaahh)
We're all going to hell
As we return to Turbo Island
(x3)
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Submitted by
deadpocketss On Jun 08, 2011
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Turbo Island is the name given to a specific street corner in Bristol, England where, until recently, the homeless, squatters, other societal misfits, and intoxicated revellers would light a bonfire and hang out. It often escalated into a crazy drug and drink-fuelled street party.
It’s in an area called Stokes Croft, at the bottom of which is a roundabout called the Bear Pit.
How the songwriter found love there is akin to flowers that bloom through the cracks in a concrete jungle.