Tony Bennett
 Written by Nick Acquaviva and Ted Varnick

 Peaked at # 9 in 1957
 Competing version by "Tennessee" Ernie Ford managed # 23


 In the middle of an island
 In the middle of the ocean
 You and I beneath the moonlight
 With just the monkeys and the palm trees

 In the middle of an island
 When it's time to do some kissin'
 Plenty time for lotsa lovin'
 And walkin' barefoot in the sand

 Though there's no island at all
 Just a picture on my wall
 My darlin', how I wish we could be
 (I wish that we could be)

 In the middle of an island
 In the middle of the ocean
 You and I forever, darlin'
 In a paradise for two (in a paradise for two)
 '
 Though there's no island at all
 Just a picture on my wall
 My darlin', how I wish we could be
 (I wish that we could be)

 In the middle of an island
 In the middle of the ocean
 You and I forever, darlin'
 In a paradise for two
 (In the middle of the ocean on an island kissin' you