- published: 26 Jun 2014
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Coordinates: 40°N 4°W / 40°N 4°W / 40; -4
Spain (i/ˈspeɪn/; Spanish: España [esˈpaɲa]), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, with archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, and several small territories on and near the north African coast. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Along with France and Morocco, it is one of only three countries to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. Extending to 1,214 km (754 mi), the Portugal–Spain border is the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union.
Spanish territory includes two archipelagos: the Balearic Islands, in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast. It also includes two major exclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, in continental North Africa; and the islands and peñones (rocks) of Alborán, Alhucemas, Chafarinas and Vélez de la Gomera. With an area of 505,990 km2 (195,360 sq mi), Spain is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in Europe. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union.
Sha la la la
la la, my lady
In the sun with
your hair undone
Can you hear me now
callin' your name
from across the bay?
A summer's day
laughin' and a hidin'
Chasin' love
out on Thunder Island
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Hey hey hey hey
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She was the color
of the Indian summer
And we shared the
hours without number
Until one day when the
sky turned dark and
the winds grew wild
Caught by the rain
and blinded by the lightning
We rode the storm out
there on Thunder Island
(instrumental)
I held her close
until the storm passed
And we fell down
laughing in the wet grass
Both our bodies drying
in the sunshine
sweet sunshine
So, sha la la la
la la my lady
In the sun with
your dress undone
Now every mile away
and every day
cuts a little bit deeper
I'll remember the
nights in the cool sand
Makin' love out
on Thunder Island
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Hey hey hey hey
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Goodbye Thunder Island
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