[Verse 1]
Saw it in the paper, four days later, heard it on the radio
Running on a dead line, ripped from a headline
What a pretty lady, oh
[Verse 2]
Tear it from the paper, read it to me later
Tell it to the TV, say, "Hello Operator"
Hello, hello
[Chorus]
I wanna be your island breeze
Ashes, ashes to the seas
[Verse 3]
Pretty as a postcard, lights from the coats guard
Shining Lake Ontario
Lonely as an island, watch from the shoreline
Listen to the stereo, oh
[Chorus]
I wanna be your island breeze
I wanna shake the ancient trees
Ashes, ashes, where I please
Ashes, ashes out to the seas
[Verse 4]
Put it in a letter, you'll feel better
Watch another video
Oh wasn't she a vision, a sweet apparition
Was she ever pretty, oh
[Outro]
Tear it from the paper, read it to me later