This may surprise you, but I have not chosen a Taylor Swift song for today’s Song Lyric Sunday theme. Instead, I have picked a classic Madonna song. It is called “La Isla Bonita” and it’s great to dance to. I learnt my first salsa dance steps to this track and I love it!
So the writing of this song was a collaboration between Madonna, Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch.
¿Cómo puede ser verdad?
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I’d never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I fell in love with San Pedro
Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me
Te dijo te amo
I prayed that the days would last
They went so fast
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
I want to be where the sun warms the sky
When it’s time for siesta you can watch them go by
Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl
Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
It all seems like yesterday, not far away
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
Tropical the island breeze
All of nature wild and free
This is where I long to be
La isla bonita
And when the samba played
The sun would set so high
Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
Your Spanish lullaby
Te dijo te amo
El dijo que te ama
La isla bonita
Your Spanish lullaby
23 replies on “SLS – Breeze”
Nice choice! One of my Madonna favorites ❤
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Me too Janis!
I never really warmed to Madonna herself – although three of her tracks I do love. But I did like her music when that she made salsa friendly.
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Same. However, there’s no escaping her songs! 😂
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San Pedro is on the Yucatan peninsula in Belize, and I would love to go there some day. Nice choice Jenna.
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I have heard that Belize is a beautiful land ❤
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A Madonna classic! This one never crossed my mind, but I am glad it crossed yours. Great to hear it again.
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I love the variety in SLS – it’s always so exciting to see the wide variety of songs that are featured.
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Great song and glad you shared it. Congratulations on stepping outside of Tay Tay even for a short time. I understand how hard it is to go past your favorite genre, much less your favorite artist. If I did that, you would get Elvis Presley ever week. LOL! 🙂
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Thanks Lisa 🙂
I picked another artist for next week, but then the week after I think I am back to TayTay. She just has had so many albums and they all have twenty songs – it is so much fun to search through her collection.
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🙂 It doesn’t hurt to have other artists in between. That way, you can spread her out a bit. LOL! 🙂
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I was thinking Lisa – Elvis has an enormous catalogue of music. I bet it would be easy to find a song for every one of Jim’s themes.
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Dang near! LOL! He is my number 1 performer, singer, ridiculous movie star (thanks to Colonel Parker) but I love him! I have Blue Hawaii on my DVR that never gets erased and I watch it often at night before bedtime. LOL! 🙂
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Great choice! 👍
When I was a kid I used to steal a flamenco inspired dress from my Mum’s wardrobe (as well as her make up) and pretend I was Madonna singing this song in the mirror. Brilliant memories! 😁🖤
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It’s such an amazing way to dance!
I love your memories ❤
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Thanks! 😁
To be fair it’s your words that brings some of them out! 👍🖤
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What? No TS today? LOL ☺️ Good pick!
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I know right! Two weeks in a row 🙂
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Excellent song. And now it sounds fresh. It’s always nice to hear it again.
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This definitely puts me in the mood for some salsa.
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This is truly a masterpiece!
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I love it Mark 🙂
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This choice tells us that you have great taste in music.
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Thank you Mary – you are so sweet 🙂
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