You hit the alarm clock Life invading sleep Hide the disappointment But it's the life you keep And you were so far away, so far away And you were so far away, so far away And in the morning You said it isn't far to go And the waves left salt-streaks in your hair And in the middle of the night Through the gulf of mexico You said we're more than half way there And when we got there We found a little action Made some big dinero made it fast Now we're making love under the waves Upon the moonlight And never mind the splinters in your.. You and me in a rowboat to rio A couple of sharks, endangered tropical fish Enough colors to make you dizzy But we've got all we need, got a lot of Tropical fish to eat And our eight track tapes of thin lizzy You and me in a rowboat to rio Sometimes you feel like the only way there Is as far as we go And the only way back Is a road you have long forsaken Sometimes it seems like the only way through Is through rio But I'm promising this ain't no organic trip You've been taking And on our way back home We popped a couple of beers And remembered all the words to dark star And when we hit the sand We made way for higher land And strapped her to the roof Of your el dorado You and me in a rowboat from rio