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