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

for old romantics To the Orient he flew When they fueled in Papeete Place a call to Big Mamou With an honest explanation Just to tell the whole damn truth It's his one chance in a million Who'd

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

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

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

Death of an Unpopular Poet Jimmy Buffett

But he left all of his royalties to Spooner his old hound Growing old on steak and bacon in his doghouse ten feet 'round And everybody wonders did he really lose his mind No, he was just a poet who

PRE-YOU Jimmy Buffett

Mysterious lost weekend in a land where time stands still Where people fall in love again just for one more thrill My girl and I went walking by the Caribbean sea Someone snorkled by raised her

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.

Fat Person Man Jimmy Buffett

person man Send him to French Guiana China or Japan / Get him off of dis island Ders no reconcilin' Da rumours have already spread He don't leave dis island He lose his head I can't help it I just

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

PENCIL-THIN MUSTACHE Jimmy Buffett

Now they make new movies in old black and white, With happy endings, where nobody fights, So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage, Honey, jump right up and show your age.

Pencil Thin Mustache Jimmy Buffett

Now they make new movies in old black and white, With happy endings, where nobody fights, So if you find yourself in that nostalgic rage, Honey, jump right up and show your age.

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

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

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.

Overkill Jimmy Buffett

of a hill Someone needs to tell them 'bout overkill (Chorus) Overkill, overkill Such a megalo modern problematic ill Climb too fast and shove too hard You'll be pushin' up the daisies in the old

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

her pictures from the Fotomat Oh she likes what she sees But she's afraid of what she needs She should be here with me She should be here with me But I don't make it easy I'm no day at the beach Just

Quietly Making Noise Jimmy Buffett

Living well beyond his means In that crazy Paris scene Rain falls down in sheets so 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

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

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

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!

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

Sheila Says Jimmy Buffett

1st Verse Sheila says the heart is just a muscle Sheila says the heart is cooled by time Hiding out for years down in these trade winds In the land of coconuts and limes / Chorus I've played this

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

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.

NOBODY SPEAKS TO THE CAPTAIN NO MORE Jimmy Buffett

battlefield, makin' history Yound men died for his destiny And their widows came each day Till he was forced to run away From home So he bought a town, but he sold the sea Claimed a shallow victory On an

Happy Xmas(War is Over) Jimmy Buffett

Another year older, a new one just begun And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones, the old and the young A merry, merry Christmas and a happy new year Let's hope it's

LIFE IS JUST A TIRE SWING Jimmy Buffett

I remember the smell of the cresote plant, When we'd have to eat on Easter with my Crazy old uncle and aunt.

THE HANG OUT GANG Jimmy Buffett

call gypsies some call brats But bare feet don't tear streets up like their bus All we were doin' was hangin' and little Koochie was sangin' Mama I'm guilty of hangin' out I know it's a shabby old

WHEN THE WILD LIFE BETRAYS ME Jimmy Buffett

Or will you just hang up the phone?

IF I COULD JUST GET IT ON PAPER Jimmy Buffett

If I could just get it on paper The things that have happened tonight But that seems to me to be the big key I'm havin' too good a time to ever turn Out the lights.

If I Could Just Get It On Paper (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

If I could just get it on paper The things that have happened tonight But that seems to me to be the big key I'm havin' too good a time to ever turn Out the lights Go to bed wake up with a clear head Recalling

MANANA Jimmy Buffett

Chorus: Please don't say manana if you don't mean it I have heard those words for so very long Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being

Bank Of Bad Habits Jimmy Buffett

THEY'RE BOUND TO TAKE THEIR TOLL THE WRONG THING IS THE RIGHT THING UNTIL YOU LOSE CONTROL I GOT THIS BANK OF BAD HABITS IN A CORNER OF MY SOUL Verse 2 LAST NIGHT I SAID GOOD BYE TO A DEAR OLD

Holiday Jimmy Buffett

The weather channel girl with her perfect weather curl Is talking "Cold, cold, cold" You can't get out of bed You can't remember what you've said You're feelong old, old, old Is it a fever or

SENDING THE OLD MAN HOME Jimmy Buffett

They're sending the old man home Back where the buffalo roam Out in Pacific they say he was the best Now he's in his "civies" headin' home like all the rest He'll never forget Rosa Lee Or sleepless

Apocalypso Jimmy Buffett

dancers go But this is one step that you need to know Apocalyp, apocalyp, apocalypso We'll be dancing when we go Planets come and planets go Apocalypso Undisturbed the dancers flow Apocalypso Old

TAKE ANOTHER ROAD Jimmy Buffett

Disappear without a trace Take another road in another time On another road in another time Like a novel from the five and dime Take another road in another time Follow the equator, like that old

Cuban Crime of Passion Jimmy Buffett

(Chorus) And it's just a Cuban crime of passion Messy and old fashioned Yeah, that's what the papers did say It's just a Cuban crime of passion Anejo and knives a slashin' But that's what the people

I Heard I Was In Town Jimmy Buffett

Came to see friends Walk old streets again Grab a bite and beer by the sea It caught my attention The old town has grown That's why I came alone But I've been treated well I raised all kinds of hell When

Lucky Star Jimmy Buffett

Woke up just the other day Fell out of bed and my dog ran away. The car won't start and the weather was cold and gray. I got stuck in a traffic jam, My major meeting didn't go as I planned.

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

PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY Jimmy Buffett

The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late. I've done a bit of smugglin' I've run my share of grass.

Lage Nom Ai Jimmy Buffett

BAG OF MYSTERIES AND LEAVES THE LONELY MEMORIES WHERE THEY BELONG THEY CAME AND WENT SO EASILY THIS RISING TIDE IDENTITY, SINGS LIKE A SONG Chorus LAGE NOM AI-NOM AI WHEN YOU KNOW THAT LIFE IS JUST

Only Time Will Tell Jimmy Buffett

Scales and clocks just can't be trusted Keys and locks are destined to be busted Metaphors were never made for keeping score And I'm feeling for the sound of time Is it the answer or just a suggestion

Remittance Man Jimmy Buffett

COULD CLAIM THAT YOU WERE BORN A PRINCE BUT YOUR THE ONLY ONE YOU CAN CONVINCE SURVIVOR WITH NO LIVELIHOOD, THAT YOU COULD EVER MAKE IT GOOD BUT STILL YOU DREAM OF WHAT YOU CAN'T PRETEND Verse AN

A Pirate Looks At Forty Jimmy Buffett

your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an

FLORIDAYS Jimmy Buffett

I come from where the rivers meet the sea That's part of why I'm so wild and fancy free I was early into crazy ways My folks said, "It's just a phas" They were hoping for better days Now in my

If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me Jimmy Buffett

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 Open your