Up on the coast North of the city There's a nightclub Right on the beach You can dance there To the early hours Never can tell Who you might meet Japanese tourists With their video cameras Wealthy Americans On holidays Slightly sunburnt European backpackers Squeezing the last drop Out of the day Well a pretty young bar maid With an eye to the main chance Natural rythym, and a keen sense of fun Invented a new dance Called the Tropicali The Lambada and the chicken All rolled into one And the Japanese tourists With a video camera Wealthy Americans In bald shorts and thongs Slightly sunburnt European backpackers Dancing Tropicali all night long Now that old nightclub North of the city Has become famous All over the world There's a Hollywood movie About the Tropicali And the main attraction Is that clever little girl And the Japanese tourists With the video camera Wealthy Americans Are getting on down Slightly sunburnt European backpackers Dancing Tropicali in their home town