Gene Mitchell Big Coconut (alternate Mix) lyrics

Verse 1
I was born in the sunshine
In the middle of July
In a harbor town where the summers
Are so hot and dry
The music of the islands
I always loved the most
As it crept up from the tropics
To the southeast Georgia coast

Chorus
They said I was crazy
They called me insane
They told me I was loco, but..
I'm just a big coconut

Verse 2
My friends said to get with it
No one listens to music like that
If you want to play guitar
You've got to wear a big cowboy hat
(not that, a big cowboy hat)
So I mixed that country music
With the blues and rock and roll
Added calypso rhythms
Some jazz and Motown soul

Chorus
They said I was crazy
They called me insane
They told me I was loco, but..
I'm just a big coconut

Short Instrumental

Verse 3
In my years I have traveled
From the land where the hurricane blows
To where the trees are always green
And the mountain tops are covered with snow
People there like those high latitudes
The cold is too much for me
Just give me the tropics
I don't mind the humidity


Chorus
They said I was crazy
They called me insane
They told me I was loco, but..
I'm just a big coconut

Instrumental
Tag: Big Coconut

Verse 4
I'm not alone in my story
There are many across the land
Would rather sit back on an island
With a tropical drink in their hand
(coconuts; they're big coconuts)
Listening to the steel drum music
The conga drums keeping the time
With smiles on our faces
Slowly going out of our minds

2nd Chorus
They say that we're crazy
The call us insane
They tell us we're loco, but
We're all just big coconuts
Chorus
You can say that I'm crazy
Call me insane
Tell me I'm loco, but
I'm just a big coconut
Tag:
We're all just big coconuts
(I'm a coconut, we're all coconuts)
I'm just a big coconut
(I'm a coconut, are you a coconut)
We're all just big coconuts
(I'm a coconut, we're all coconuts)
I'm just a big coconut
(Wouldn't you like to be a)
BIG COCONUT!