Okay, you see, 'twas 1983   When we first walked arm in arm   Across the sea, it was my destiny   That I'd find her in Hong Kong      There it was, a soldier falls in love   As we walked through Lan Kwai Fong   Limousines and new wave beauty queens   And a romance just begun      Ya, Tsunami was her name   Like a tidal wave she came   And now, I'll never be free      I was drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami   Just when you think the worst has past   She rises up to destroy me      Just when you think it's safe to sail again   Ya, she rises up and then   I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami      Now, some more, 'twas 1984   Tour of duty's almost over   I begged that girl to join me in my world   But no man could control her      Out of the south China Sea   Tsunami rolled over me   And now, I'll never be free      I was drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami   Just when you think the worst has past   She rises up to destroy me      Just when you think it's safe to sail again   Ya, she rises up and then   I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami      I told you 'bout Europa and me   And how she haunted every memory   Went 'round the world just to forget that song   To sing a new one for a girl in Hong Kong      And like a killer tidal wave   She washed my heart away   And now, I'll never be free      I was drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami   So long ago, so far away   She still rises up to destroy me      Although she's half the world away   Yet it feels like yesterday   I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Ya, I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami      Just when you think the worst is past   She rises up to destroy me   Just when you think, it's safe to sail again   Yet she rises up and then      I'm drowning in a wave of ecstasy   Tsunami, tsunami, tsunami, tsunami