Betty Grable on the wall keeps my cabin warm
   From Casablanca down to Rio, she won't feel the storm
   I only joined the fleet for places and girls I hadn't seen
   I didn't think of all the lonely nights we'd spend between
  
   Blue desert, blue desert
   I wish that I was far away from this blue desert
   My only oasis is the bright harbour town
   But they're just distant places and
   I never know where I'm boud
  
   Gazing out my porthole view in hopes of sighting land
   But just another blue horizon hides the burning sand
   I should have stayed behind wherever the girls were good to me
   Instead of turning back again to face that lonely sea
  
   Blue desert, blue desert
   I wish that I was far away from this blue desert
   My only oasis is the bright harbour town
   But they're just distant places and
   I never know where I'm boud
  
   Blue desert, blue desert
   I wish that I was far away from this blue desert
   My only oasis is the bright harbour town
   But they're just distant places and
   I never know where I'm boud
  
   Blue desert
   Blue desert
   Blue desert