Death of an Unpopular Poet Jimmy Buffett

I once knew a poet who lived before his time He and his dog Spooner would listen as he'd rhyme Words to make you happy and words to make you cry And then one day the poet suddenly did die.

IF IT ALL FALLS DOWN Jimmy Buffett

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 Somwhere around page two I live the perfect crime And crime pays more

DEATH VALLEY LIVES Jimmy Buffett

It's the ways of her father If she's gonna change she hasn't done it yet And the desert is calling to me Run before the final trap is set All roads lead to the city Where the dudes and the dykes

It's My Job (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb I didn't know what about but I was feeling quite disturbed A street sweeper came whistlin' by He was bouncin' every step It seemed strange how good

Time To Go Home Jimmy Buffett

Henny Hey now mine host Don't be so melancholy You've made the most Out of Amy Ball's folly You went crazy, ran off with an actress and didn't get rich What can I say?

Public Relations - Reprise Jimmy Buffett

This island is a hoodoo, there's death in it, and this is just the beginning. Give it up. Whatever you've invested, forget it and go back to New York.

KNEES OF MY HEART Jimmy Buffett

I've got a question for you Please grant me an interview Don't want to read it in a magazine Don't want to see it on the silver screen Don't let the craziness tear us apart I'm down on the knees

GROWING OLDER BUT NOT UP Jimmy Buffett

I rounded first never thought of the worst As I studied the shortstop's position Then crack went my leg like the shell of an egg Someone call a decent physician I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend

Remittance Man Jimmy Buffett

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 IN EVERY PORT OF

Growing Older But Not Up (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

I rounded first never thought of the worst As I studied the shortstop's position Then crack went my leg like the shell of an egg Someone call a decent physician I'm no Pete Rose, I can't pretend While

Just An Old Truth Teller Jimmy Buffett

1st Verse I'm just an old truth teller I'm your candid friend I'm not some daydream seller I do not pretend / I've a sense of survival And screwing my rivals That's labeled me crass and uncouth

SOMEWHERE OVER CHINA Jimmy Buffett

Just a semi normal person Thought he had the future planned Then he won some silly sweepstakes Now he had a hundred grand Never stopped to think of taxes He was gone before they knew With a flair

Somewhere Over China (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Just a semi normal person Thought he had the future planned Then he won some silly sweepstakes Now he had a hundred grand Never stopped to think of taxes He was gone before they knew With a flair for old

Public Relations Jimmy Buffett

I was born on an island The island of Manhattan Dreamt all my life of a career on the Great White way Producer Norman Paperman Director Norman Paperman [Proudly] And I made it!

Diamond As Big As The Ritz Jimmy Buffett

HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS UNDER THE EARTH AND STONE A CUBIC MILE OF PERFECTION A TREASURE NO ONE HAS KNOWN ONE MAN CAME UPON THIS MOTHERLOAD BUILT HIMSELF A THOUSNAD ROOM CHATEAU Verse HE'S

THIS HOTEL ROOM Jimmy Buffett

This hotel room got a lot of stuff A laundry bag and a shoe shine cloth Thirty-two hangers and a touch-tone phone Well a light that comes on when I'm not home I ain't home, I ain't home You better

PENCIL-THIN MUSTACHE Jimmy Buffett

I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, the "Boston Blackie" kind, or a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket, and an autographed piture of Andy Divine.

Pencil Thin Mustache Jimmy Buffett

I wish I had a pencil-thin mustache, the "Boston Blackie" kind, or a two-toned Ricky Ricardo jacket, and an autographed piture of Andy Divine.

MIGRATION Jimmy Buffett

I'm just livin' in the sunshine, Stay contented most of the time. Yeah, list'nin to Murphy, Walker and Willis, Sing me their Texas rhymes.

CHANGING CHANNELS Jimmy Buffett

Girl of a thousand faces From a long line of basket cases Daughter of a fortune teller Oh the lovely Isabella CHORUS She's changing channels Stayin' on her toes She's just changin' channels

Permanent Reminder Of A Jimmy Buffett

The Indian, her back was poised for an attack. She said 'a tattoo is a badge of validation'. But the truth of the matter is far more revealing. It's a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling.

Pacing the Cage Jimmy Buffett

Sunset is an angel weeping Holding out a bloody sword No matter how I squint I cannot Make out what it's pointing toward Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long The days drip slowly on the

Jimmy Dreams Jimmy Buffett

JIMMY DREAMS HE'S A CHILD TILL THE END WHAT A JOY WHEN YOU ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND THE WORLD'S SUCH A TOY IF YOU'LL JUST STAY A BOY YOU CAN SPIN IT AGAIN AND AGAIN JIMMY FLIES WITH NO USE FOR DISGUISE

CHANSON POUR LES PETITS ENFANTS Jimmy Buffett

Moon flew away in the night With his best friend Magnus right by his side They soared through the Milky Way counting the stars Once around Venus, twice around Mars Then they spied an island rise

PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY Jimmy Buffett

And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, Most of them dreams. Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.

A Pirate Looks At Forty Jimmy Buffett

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 steam And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen Most of

Kinja Rules Jimmy Buffett

. / Pullman Why sure, I come to take care of dat / Chorus BUT You gotta play by Kinja rules Forget about da tings you learned in school We use a different box of tools And you gotta play by Kinja rules

THE WINO AND I KNOW Jimmy Buffett

And I've seen him in so many places, I saw him the night I was born; In a Bourbon Street bar I received my first scar From an old man so tattered and torn.

Migration (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Lookin back at my background Tryin' to figure out How I ever got here Some things are still A mystery to me While others are much to clear I'm just livin' In the sunshine Stay contented most of the

CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE Jimmy Buffett

Made it nearly seventy days, Losin' weight without speed, eatin' sunflower seeds, Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays.

AFRICAN FRIEND Jimmy Buffett

in Aruba concluded He now had a little money to spend That's how I came to meet my African friend We were rollin' the bones several hours Conversing as most gamblers do We were calling on all of

FOOL BUTTON Jimmy Buffett

Now I was sittin' in the corner of a very laid back bar A little three piece band playin' on the stand Not knowin' what lay in store In a flash a man with a hat and a harmonica stormed the stage The

WHY THE THINGS WE DO Jimmy Buffett

In an old house down by the beach Lives an old man who's just out of reach Ohhh he's got nothin' to lose Some say he's a crazy old man A refugee from a rock and band Oh oh he's still playin the

Why The Things We Do (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

In an old house down by the beach Lives an old man who's just out of reach Ohhh he's got nothin' to lose Some say he's a crazy old man A refugee from a rock and band Oh oh he's still playin the blues In

DISTANTLY IN LOVE Jimmy Buffett

Pay phones all were ringing as the crowd went roarin' by Lovely dancers swaying to an island lullaby Beside the southern ocean taking stock of what's to be Writing you this letter that you'll probably

NAUTICAL WHEELERS Jimmy Buffett

Where the jukebox is blastin' and the liquor is flowing an occational bottle of wine. That's cause everyone here is just more than contented to be living and dying in three quarter time.

Quietly Making Noise Jimmy Buffett

clear No one ever calls me here Traveling by my self these days I'm into jazz and felt berets Far from the that old eastern shore Searching for strange metaphors I don't want to be another victim of

He Went to Paris Jimmy Buffett

Then he went to England, played the piano And married an actress named Kim They had a good life, she was a good wife Bore him a young son named Jim.

MISS YOU SO BADLY Jimmy Buffett

I guess it all blew up in Missoula There just was no other way After months of going crazy There was nothing left to say But when the dust had finally settled And the air had quickly cleared Things

Rockefeller Square Jimmy Buffett

sidewalks hungry Have you ever really had the blues So now you want to see how the other half lives Well brother whatcha got to lose Whatcha got to lose if you leave your home And you never think of

Bank Of Bad Habits Jimmy Buffett

THE RUMORS AND THE STORIES OF MY PAST I CAN'T DENY I'M NO ST.

Who Are We Trying to Fool? Jimmy Buffett

heart is just a muscle A muscle that I've learned to control I figured, hell, one harmless midnight tussle With you would rest quite easy on my soul / Now I see you're a tres, tres goddamn charmer An

Flesh And Bone Jimmy Buffett

We've made it nearly twenty centuries A bunch of monkeys with PHD's. Spun a web of communications But it's all still a tangle to me.

LIP SERVICE Jimmy Buffett

this boy insane Oooh what a voodoo nobody can do like you do You bitchin' and your cryin' finally got to me So I thought I'd take you, baby, on a shopping spree You bought a space age watch and an

Lip Service (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

drivin' this boy insane Oooh what a voodoo nobody can do like you do You bitchin' and your cryin' finally got to me So I thought I'd take you baby on a shopping spree You bought a space age watch and an

ACE Jimmy Buffett

It hardly seems a long time just a minute of the day When the man who stood beside me more than gave himself away The food stain on his spotted shirt a gray beard on his face A man composed of many

Baby's Gone Shoppin' (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

shoppin' she's lookin' around She's checkin' out the boys and the clothes about town Pick up this drop off that Stares at her pictures from the Fotomat Oh she likes what she sees But she's afraid of

MEET ME IN MEMPHIS Jimmy Buffett

He's hold up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavernier Hotel Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell By days he pulls the trap lines By night he lives alone Don't really feel like company it's

PRE-YOU Jimmy Buffett

Chorus Pre you a friend of mine who's old not new Pre you she's just another girl that I once knew A pleasant smile a pretty face Another time another place Pre you what's a guy supposed to do?

TURNABOUT Jimmy Buffett

As large as life she stood there Kissed my cheek and called my old nickname And though several years had passed Both of us still looked quite the same I said Hi, relaxed a bit then asked her how