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Hey where did we go. Days when the rains came. Down in a hollow. Playin' a new game Laughin' and a runnin'. Skippin' and a jumpin'. In the misty mornin' fog. Ah, with our hearts a thumpin'. Was
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Legal problems gettin' thick and hazy. Look at the people gettin' rich and crazy. Locked up in mansions on the top of the hill. Someone needs to tell them 'bout overkill. . Overkill, overkill. S
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Nothing can tear you apart. If you keep livin' straight from the heart. Though you know that you're gonna hurt some. The magic will come When you keep livin' straight from the heart. You will know
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As the son of a son of a sailor. I went out on the sea for adventure. Expanding the view of the captain and crew. Like a man just released from indenture As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man.
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Stashed his trash in Ecuador, bought a good suit of clothes. Flew on up to Mexico, standin' by the shore. Waiting for some mystery man, to pay him for his time. Thinkin' about all the money he made
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Island, I see you in the distance. I feel that your existence. Is not unlike my own Island, they say no man is like you. They say you stand alone. Sometimes I feel that way too It's the need for l
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Middle of the night hold on till morning. We will see the light love is spawning. Middle of the night hold on forever. We'll know when it's right all together When will we listen. When will we eve
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Tried to arrest my criminality habits. Made it home for eighty weeks. Doing' jobs without crime, and those injuries. Drinking' lots of Pepsi and holding' my arms But at night I'd had these wonderfu
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By jimmy buffett. 1974. I wanna back to the island. Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin'. Gimme oysters and beer. For dinner every day of the year and I'll feel fine. I'll feel fine
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Down the way where the nights are gay. And the sun shines daily on the mountaintop. I took a trip on a sailing ship. But when I reached jamaica I made her stop. Chorus. Now I'm sad to say. I'm o
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By jimmy buffett. 1977. I took off for a weekend last month. Just to try and recall the whole year. All of the faces and all of the places. Wonderin where they all disappeared. I didn't ponder
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Why you wanna hurt my heart?. Why you wanna hurt my heart. When you know that I love you?. Everybody 'round us can see. Just how it ought to be. Everybody but you Played your little game of decep
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{"And now from the Grand Ballroom". "The S. S. Bradley proudly presents. Our boy singer Jimmy Boofey". "Take it away Jim"} I'd love to get you on a slow boat to China. All to myself alone. Get y
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Way down here. You need a reason to move. Feel a fool. Running your stateside games. Lose your load. Leave your mind behind. Baby, James. . Oooh, Mexico. It sounds so simple. I just got to g
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There are oceans of feelings between us. Currents that take us and sweep us away. That's why we seldom have seen us. In the light of a cold hard day Lots of new friends with the same old answers.
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Ringling, Ringling. Slippin' away. Only forty people, livin' there today. Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down. It's a dyin' little town. . Church windows broken. That place ain't
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Pre-you. By jimmy buffett, ralph macdonald, william salter. 1988. I was standing in an elevator in san diego listening to two sailors talking. one had just returned from his honeymoon where he
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Somewhere over china. By jimmy buffett. 1981. For the crazy flying tigers. Just a semi-normal person. Thought he had the future planned. Then he won some silly sweepstakes. Now he had a
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I cut my teeth on gumbo rock. Benny Spellman and Doctor John. Sweet Irma Thomas and Frog man Henry. Use to boogie woogie all night long. Though I love rock and roll the acoustic guitar. Was the o
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Talkin' to myself again. Wonderin' if this travelin' is good. Is there somethin' else a' doin'. We'd be doin' if we could But ah, the stories we could tell. And if it all blows up and goes to hell
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I never wanted to be. A man of mystery. My life's an open book. By James Joyce and Agatha Christie. . Sometimes I get confused. Somewhere around page two. I live the perfect crime. And crime p
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Every night the stars come out to light another town. Just because I'm lonely doesn't mean that gets me down. I cruise the local drive-ins watchin' lovers holdin' hands. Like movie stills of Coupe
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Nothing can tear you apart. If you keep livin' straight from the heart. Though you know that you're gonna hurt some. The magic will come When you keep livin' straight from the heart. You will know
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all,you've seen it all. Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to st
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Boomerang love. By jimmy buffett. 1989. Hole in the wind behind the island. Big blue hole in the middle of my heart. I can't forget the time we spent together. I can't remember how long. Long
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Sinner on the mainland. He's a sinner on the sea. He looks for absolution. Not accountability. How many destinations. Oh God he's seen them all. He collects his precious pittance. Never a port
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I went out fishin' on a sandy beach. Cast my line out as far as it would reach. Lookin' for somethin' for the fryin' pan. I kick back with a beer in my hand I must've got a big one 'cause it's bend
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Manana. By jimmy buffett. 1978. She said I can't go back to america soon. So goddamn cold it's gonna snow until june. Yeah, they're freezin' up in buffalo stuck in their cars. And I'm lyin
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Nordstrom was a simple man. Who had some non-conformist plan. To save his ass. . Every night he danced alone. And blotted out the monotone. That was his past. . He packs his bag of mysteries.
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The world is full of strange behavior. Every man has to be his own savior. I know I can make it on my own if I try. But I'm searchin' for a great heart to stand me by. Underneath the African sky.
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I remember the smell. Of the creosote plant. When we had to eat on Easter. With my crazy old uncle and aunt The lived in a big house. Antebellum style. And the wind would blow across the old bayo
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Creola in my soul-a. I loved what they were sayin'. I loved what they were playin'. Creola. . Creola on my victrola. Makes me feel like dancin'. Fall in love romancing the melody. Creola, Creo
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Oh, I took a wrong turn but it was the right turn. My turn to have me a ball. All the boys in the shop told me just where to stop. If I wanted to play for it all But I never thought I'd find her on
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If you ever get the chance to go to Dallas. Take it from me, pass it by. 'Cause you'll only sing the blues down in Dallas. Take it from me, don't go and cry And I'm leaving this town as soon as I c
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The place down the block, the one with no clock. Covert rendezvous with you at the usual time. I savor the scent of the fish on the grill. Life's so spicy up on Bar-b-q-hill Lookin' good, you look
