Edit for headphones. A song from Mike Pinder's 1976 solo album "The Promise".<br />Personnel on the album:<br />vocals, mellotron, piano, synthesizer (arp) – Michael Pinder<br />guitar – Jim Dillon, Michael Pinder, Steve Beckmeier<br />backing vocals – Jeannie King, Jim Dillon, Julia Tillman, Maxine Willard<br />bass – Fred Beckmeier, Jimmy Johnson (5)<br />congas – Michael Azevedo<br />double bass – Joel Dibartello<br />drums – Bill Berg<br />flute – Dean Olch, Tom Peterson (2)<br />harp – Susanne McDonald*<br />organ – Smitty Smith<br />shakuhachi flute – Dean Olch<br />tenor saxophone – Bobby Keyes, Tom Peterson :-(2)<br />trumpet – Steve Madaio<br />engineer (recording assistance) – Richard Kaplan<br />producer, engineer – Michael Pinder<br /><br />ISLAND TO ISLAND<br />(Mike Pinder)<br /><br />I can't take all this rain and dark clouds<br />I got to get to the sun<br />find me a place I can go sit down now<br />the cold's got me on the run<br /><br />I need some time to regain my senses<br />partake in a leasure and fun<br />it took awhile but I cleared the fences<br />now all my hard work is done<br /><br />island to island<br />in the space of the day<br />grey skies to blue skies<br />baby take me away<br /><br />I'm flying free as a bird on the wing<br />independence is won<br />I wanna dance I wanna sing<br />play tropical mellotron<br /><br />pacific sunset surf and sand<br />this holiday's overdue<br />a lonely night enchanted land<br />we'll celebrate me and you<br /><br />island to island<br />in the space of a day<br />grey skies to blue skies<br />baby take me away<br /><br />island to island<br />in the space of a day (space of a day)<br />grey skies to blue skies<br />baby take me away (take me away)<br /><br />island to island<br />something's waiting for me<br />sunshine and rainbows<br />and a deep blue sea<br /><br />island to island<br />in the space of a day (space of a day)<br />grey skies to blue skies<br />baby take me away<br /><br />baby take me away<br /><br />®©<br />®© therock&rollingsixties
