Jackson Browne Going Down To Cuba Lyrics

Going Down To Cuba Lyrics

Sometimes I get to feeling low

Wish I could just pick up and go 

Somewhere new change my point of view

Maybe somewhere I don’t know

Toss the idea to and fro

Not sure what makes it come and go

There
it is again sweet music on the wind

Over the Gulf of Mexico



I’m going to down to Cuba someday soon

Following that Caribbean
moon

It’s been too long since I’ve been there

I’m going down there
to see my friends

Down where the rhythm never ends

Where women wear
gardenias in their hair



People will tell you it’s not easy

You’re not supposed to go, they say

They say that Cuba is the enemy

I’m going down there anyway



I’m going down to Cuba to see my
friends

Down where the rhythm never ends

And no problem is too
difficult to solve

Yeah times are tough down there it’s true

But
you know they’re gonna make it through

They make such continuous use of
the verb to resolve

They’ve got to deal with that embargo

Enough to
drive any country insane

They might not know the things you and I know

They do know what to do in a hurricane

Maybe I’ll go through Mexico

Old Jesse Helms don’t have to know

Anyway all the allies of the USA

Travel to Cuba everyday



I’m going down to Cuba to see my friends


Down where the rhythm never ends

Where by comparison my trouble
will just unravel

I’m North American, you know

Don’t like to hear
where I can’t go

Free people will insist on the freedom to travel



I’m gonna drink the running mojito

And walk out on the
malecón

In one hand a monte cristo

And in the other an ice cream
cone



I’m going down to cuba with my band 

We’re going to
formulate a plan

Whereby we obtain that cultural delusion



If
I told you once I told you thrice

It’ll put a smile on your face to see a
Chevrolet with a soviet transmission

I bet the country cast a spell

And there are things I think of still

Like the beauty of that woman
that spoke to me 

In the hotel nacional



I’m gonna book my
flight today

I’m definitely on my way

Just hold my place and I’ll
get back in the race

And I’m back in the USA