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Oh Island Oh IslandOh Island Oh Island Your Exquisite Beauty Beckons MeYour Exquisite Beauty Beckons Me Your Colors, Your Sounds, and Warm Breezes Streaming Your Colors, Your Sounds, and Warm Breezes Streaming

Into My ConsciousnessInto My Consciousness Like a Slap to the Face of my Inner SelfLike a Slap to the Face of my Inner Self I am Reeling I am Reeling My Nostrils have Captured the Scent of the Food on the My Nostrils have Captured the Scent of the Food on the

Breeze Breeze Drawn to the Island Drawn to the Island Drawn to the CultureDrawn to the Culture The Beat of the Ever Present Music Hums through my Veins The Beat of the Ever Present Music Hums through my Veins The Rhythms Propel MeThe Rhythms Propel Me The Pace of San Juan’s Comings and Goings, Excites MeThe Pace of San Juan’s Comings and Goings, Excites Me

Oh Island Oh IslandOh Island Oh Island I am on Your Doorstep, but Awaiting My ArrivalI am on Your Doorstep, but Awaiting My Arrival Guide Me, Send the Coqui to Call Me In Guide Me, Send the Coqui to Call Me In The Beat of the Meringue Will Drive MeThe Beat of the Meringue Will Drive Me Oh Island Oh IslandOh Island Oh Island

I am Here, Outside the Air Terminal the I am Here, Outside the Air Terminal the

Transformation BeginsTransformation Begins The Spirit of The Island and the People Fills Me The Spirit of The Island and the People Fills Me

up, Welcomes Meup, Welcomes Me I am Transformed and Whole I am Transformed and Whole I am The Adopted Child of The Caribbean Jewel…I am The Adopted Child of The Caribbean Jewel… Puerto RicoPuerto Rico