[Verse 1]
I missed you tonight at the party
Oh, oh oh
New York ain't a place to feel lonely
Oh, oh oh
So I left with a stranger who knew me
Oh, oh oh
She's sleeping beside me now peacefully
Oh, oh oh

[Chorus]
But in my head I'm miles away
Back on the island again
Laying with you, Marianne
In my head
Rolling 'round our bed
We are an island again
I'm Leonard and you're Marianne

[Post-Chorus]
Never take me back again
'Cause you know just what you'll get
You know just what you'll get

[Verse 2]
You showed me the bird on the wire
Oh, oh oh
You gave me my songs and my future
Oh, oh oh
And I guess you could say that I'vе taken Manhattan
While you're back on Hydra and drеssed in white cotton
Oh, oh oh
[Chorus]
But in my head
I'm miles away
Back on the island again
Laying with you, Marianne
In my head
Rolling 'round our bed
We are an island again
I'm Leonard and you're Marianne

[Post-Chorus]
Never take me back again
'Cause you know just what you'll get
You know just what you'll get
I beg you, never take me back again
'Cause you know just what you'll get
But I go there in my head

[Bridge]
At the Chelsea Hotel
Wasted in the arms of a stranger
Every little detail
Written in a song that betrays ya
At the Chelsea Hotel
I'm wasted in the arms of a stranger
Every little detail
Written in a song that betrayed ya
[Chorus]
In my head
I'm miles away
Back on the island again
Laying with you, Marianne
In my head
Rolling 'round our bed
We are an island again
I'm Leonard and you're Marianne

[Post-Chorus]
Never take me back again
'Cause you know just what you'll get
You know just what you'll get
I beg you, never, never take me back again
'Cause you know just what you'll get
But I go there in my head