Chop down the cherry trees on Mango Street  That's the council for you every week  I'm just the kind of seafaring guy  Who waits for the tide and the town to get high  I don't like to do a drop of work  Drive a cab nor paint the church  It's been the same since I don't know when  So I'm going island hopping again  Been the same since I don't know when  But I'm going island hopping again    Gaspar the suspicious ghost  He floats the cargo down the coast  But that's too risky for a man like me  Whose face is known in the territory  I'm like a fly in Harry's Bar  Don't use my wings don't walk too far  It's been the same since I don't know when  So I'm going island hopping again  Been the same since I don't know when  But I'm going island hoppin again    Now Papa Hemingway he rent this boat  With U.S. bills I'm sure she'll float  And I ain't buying on the street  Gotta couple of merchants that I gotta meet  I'm waiting here for the firebell to ring  So I can watch somebody doing something  It's been the same since I don't know when  So I'm going island hopping again  Been the same since I don't know when  But I'm going island hopping again.