In the Middle Of An Island   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)