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A trip to Peru is as unforgettable as traveling to a whole another dimension.
[Verse 1]
Touched down in the clouds where the condors fly,
Eleven thousand feet and I don’t know why
My heart’s beating fast — is it altitude or awe?
Cuzco’s got me spellbound by what I just saw.
Stone blocks big as buses, fit without a seam,
Cut by hands of giants or some ancient dream,
I ran my fingers down that wall and swore I heard it hum —
Whatever built this city, tell me where you’re from!
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m out of this world
Out of this world
Peru, you got me floating
Got my head in a whirl
I came down as a tourist
Now I’m out of this world
(out of this world)
[Verse 2]
Sailed out on Titicaca where the sky meets blue,
Islands made of reeds and the people are too —
They wove their whole world from totora and sun,
Floating on a lake since time begun.
Grandma’s on a reed boat with a dragon’s head,
Come aboard, amigo, is what she said,
We drifted on the water ‘tween the earth and space,
Twelve thousand feet closer to a state of grace!
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m out of this world
Out of this world
Sailing on a sea of reeds
Where the mysteries unfurl
Peru, you got me floating
Got my head in a whirl
I came down as a tourist
Now I’m out of this world
(out of this world)
[Bridge]
Then the little plane went up, and the desert opened wide —
A monkey! A spider! A hummingbird glide!
Lines drawn for the heavens, a thousand years old,
Who were they calling?
The story’s never told…
(Banking left… banking right…)
(Don’t look down… what a sight!)
[Verse 3]
Landed back in Lima with my head still spinning,
Bartender’s shaking something, and he’s grinning,
Pisco, lime, and magic with a frothy little crown,
One sour turned to four and the sun went down.
Toasting to the Incas and the reed-boat queen,
The astronaut on the hillside and everything between,
The city lights are dancing and my feet won’t touch the floor —
Peru, pour me one more, then one more!
[Final Chorus]
‘Cause I’m out of this world
Out of this world
Pisco in my glass
And all the mysteries unfurled
Peru, you got me floating
Got my head in a whirl
I came down as a tourist
Now I’m out of this world
(out of this world)
[Outro]
Stone and sky and water, lines out in the sand,
Some things in this lifetime you’ll never understand…
So raise another glass to the magic and the blur,
Peru… out of this world…
(out of this world)
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