| 1979 | |
| Chorus: |
| F | |
| I don't know |
| C7 | |
| I don't | know |
| F | Bb | |
| I don't know where I'm | a gonna go |
| F/C | C7 | F | |
| When the | vol- | cano | blow |
| F | Bb | F | C7 | F | |
| Ground she's movin' | under | me |
| Bb | F | C7 | F | |
| Tidal waves out | on the | sea |
| Bb | F | C7 | F | |
| Sulphur smoke up | in the | sky |
| Bb | F | C7 | F | |
| Pretty soon we | learn to | fly |
| (Repeat chorus) |
| My girl quickly say to me |
| Mon you better watch your feet |
| Lava come down soft and hot |
| You better lava me now or lava me not |
| (Repeat chorus) |
| No time to count what I'm worth |
| 'Cause I just left the planet earth |
| Where I go I hope there's rum |
| Not to worry mon soon come |
| (Repeat chorus) |
| F | Bb | F | |
| But I | don't want to land in | New York | City |
| C7 | F | |
| Don't want to land in | Mexi- | co |
| Bb | F | |
| Don't want to land on no | Three Mile | Island |
| C7 | F | |
| Don't want to see my | skin a | glow |
| Don't want to land in Commanche Sky park |
| Or in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Don't want to land in no San Juan airport |
| Or the Yukon Territory |
| Don't want to land no San Diego |
| Don't want to land in no Buzzards Bay |
| Don't want to land on no Eye-Yatullah |
| I got nothing more to say |
| (Repeat chorus) |