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Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of the coast of Rhode Island, 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block Island as Census Tract 415 of Washington County, Rhode Island. As of the 2010 census the population of 1,051 lived on a land area of 9.734 square miles (25.211 km2). The island is part of the Outer Lands region, a coastal archipelago made by the recessional and terminal moraine that resulted from the Wisconsonian Laurentide glacier retreat, about 22,000 years ago.
The Nature Conservancy added Block Island to its list of "The Last Great Places." The list consists of twelve sites in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 40 percent of the Island is set aside for conservation. Presidents Bill Clinton,Dwight D. Eisenhower,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Ulysses S. Grant have visited Block Island. It is also said that the famous, Amelia Earhart had visited Block Island before her final trip /Verified information/.
All your love
Is not enough
The ferry pulled away
From the Block Island bay
It had been so many eyars
And an ocean full of tears
Oh she's a beautiful baby and oh
I like her a lot
Time just slips away
You can feel it in the bottom of your soul
Learning how to live
You got so much to give
Cathy came to town
And wore her wedding gown
Oh she's like Coney Island
At night she lights up the sky
I'm too scared to dance on those
Broken hearted beaches of romance
All your love is not enough
Fly my dove you're in my blood
Baby hold me
Hold me five minutes more
While you're walking out the door
Lonely Jesus on the wall
He was a drifter man
But in the end he came again
The ferry came to shore
And CNN was keeping score
The happy bride and groom
Left on their honeymoon
And I cried all the way from
Rhode Island to the folks on 6th and A
All your love is not enough