Album: Eyes That See in the Dark (1983)

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• Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown
  I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
  I was soft inside, there was somethin going on
  You do something to me that I cant explain
  Hold me closer and I feel no pain
  Every beat of my heart
  We got somethin goin on
  Tender love is blind
  It requires a dedication
  All this love we feel
  Needs no conversation
  We ride it together, ah-ah
  Makin love with each other, ah-ah
  
  Chorus:
  
  Islands in the stream
  That is what we are
  No one in-between
  How can we be wrong
  Sail away with me to another world
  And we rely on each other, ah-ah
  From one lover to another, ah-ah
  
  I cant live without you if the love was gone
  Everything is nothin if you got no one
  And you did walk in tonight
  Slowly loosen sight of the real thing
  
  But that wont happen to us and we got no doubt
  Too deep in love and we got no way out
  And the message is clear
  This could be the year for the real thing
  
  No more will you cry
  Baby, I will hurt you never
  We start and end as one, in love forever
  We can ride it together, ah-ah
  Makin love with each other, ah-ah
  
  Repeat chorus
  
  Tag:
  
  Sail away
  Oh, come sail away with me
  
  Repeat chorus
  
  Fade:
  
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Comments: 14

• Seventhmist from 7th HeavenAt the time this came out, I was a fan of neither Rogers nor Parton. After this song, I was a fan of both.
• Siahara Shyne Carter from United StatesRest in Peace KENNY ROGERS.
  This is my favorite song of yours "Islands in the Stream"
• Stukka63 from St. Augustine,fla.Greatest Bee Gees song ever.
• Dean from Birmingham, AlOne of my favorite all time songs! What a great sound these two made on the song!
  
• Camille from Toronto, OhI like this song now even more than when it was popular in the 80s. Dolly is an amazing iconic business woman and singer superstar and Kenny is rather impressive, too. (The Brothers Gibb also just as amazing in songwriting and singing.) I wish the younger generation would appreciate Dolly and Kenny's chemistry more. That's what they had, chemistry. Crowds went crazy when they showed up together to sing this song.........Kim, the fine-tooth comb reference is about being very thorough, letting nothing slip through the cracks. So the singer is saying he was determined to do everything he could to make the woman his, so to speak.
• Kim from 29150What does the line about the "fine toothed comb" mean?
• Karen from Manchester, Nh"Former Fugee Pras Michel's 1998 hit, "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)" was based around this song." "Based around..." what a polite way of saying "ripped off".
• Zappy from Geelong, AustraliaI saw Dolly and Kenny sing this live in 1987. It's like Barry said, the Bee Gees have so many wonderful songs, but I can't help thinking this is my favorite of all time. No one will ever replace their billiance when it comes to songwriting and producing.
• Tiancai from Penang, MalaysiaEverytime I hear this song it just makes me want to dance around the room or wherever I am....Its brilliant!
• Budoshi from Sandnessjøen, Norway:D I just love this song.. It's so singable..
• Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI love this duet,too! one day,Don and I will do this together.
• Mallory from Upper Marlboro, MdI heard they wrote the song for Diana Ross not Marvin Gaye!! On more than one occasion Maurice stated this.
• Teresa from Mechelen, BelgiumThe version of Kenny Rodgers/Dolly Parton of this Bee Gee's song is so wonderful. I have it on a double cd with famous duets from The Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly, Ike and Tina Turner and many others.
• Jeff from Austin, TxKenny Rogers' beard made this song. It really is a great song, but what Gibb brothers song isn't?

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