NOBODY SPEAKS TO THE CAPTAIN NO MORE Jimmy Buffett

away From home So he bought a town, but he sold the sea Claimed a shallow victory On an iron ship, with a wooden crew They hit the reef when the moon was new Now he cries himself to sleep On a

CAPTAIN AMERICA Jimmy Buffett

Can you tell me where I might find my friend and companion He looks a little different from anything you've seen He likes to beat the bass drum for justice and salvation He's got the brains of Einstein

THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID Jimmy Buffett

I never used to miss the chance to climb up on his knee And listen to the many tales of life upon the sea We'd go sailing back on Barkentines we'd talk of things he did Tomorrow just a day away for

LIP SERVICE Jimmy Buffett

Talk, talk, talk til your jowls turn blue But you never really tell me what you're gonna do You seem to keep it all locked up inside I can't help but start to thinkin' You've got something to hide

Lip Service (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Talk talk talk til your jowls turn blue But you never really tell me what you're gonna do You seem to keep it all locked up inside I can't help but start to thinkin' You've got something to hide Why the

Public Relations - Reprise Jimmy Buffett

Listen to me. Pretend you had a nightmare, and woke up. This island is a hoodoo, there's death in it, and this is just the beginning. Give it up.

Delaney Talks To Statues Jimmy Buffett

Delaney talks to statues As she dances 'round the pool She chases cats through roman ruins And stomps on big toadstools She speaks a language all her own That I cannot discover But she knows I

NAUTICAL WHEELERS Jimmy Buffett

Nautical Wheelers who call themselves sailors Play fiddle tunes under the stars. Petticoats rustle, working shoes scuffle, Hustle on down to the bars.

Cuban Crime of Passion Jimmy Buffett

Billy Voltaire was a piano player up from Miami way He used to play in the bars, he could sound like the stars The ladies would pay and pay Then one night he did wind up playin' in Havana town And

BURN THAT BRIDGE Jimmy Buffett

I'm not saying I'm scared of you But your love is something new When I hold you we're swaying in the wind Of all the bridges I've ever crossed High and lonesome and wild and lost I feel this time

BOAT DRINKS Jimmy Buffett

Boys in the band ordered boat drinks. Visitors just scored on the home rink. Everything seems to be wrong. Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap airfare. I've got to fly to Saint Somewhere.

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

Baby's gone 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

LAST MANGO IN PARIS Jimmy Buffett

I went down to Captain Tony's to get out of the heat When I heard a voice call out to me, "Son, come have a seat" I had to search my memory as I liiked into those eyes Our lives change like the weather

Last Mango In Paris (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

I went down to Captain Tony's to get out of the heat When I heard a voice call out to me Son come have a seat I had to search my memory as I looked into those eyes Our lives change like the weather

Makin' Music For Money Jimmy Buffett

me I won't make my music for money, no I'm gonna make my music for me He said that people only buy The love songs Rock and roll Is not too long He said son you got to Be commercial If you want To

BOOMERANG LOVE Jimmy Buffett

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 How long we've been apart CHORUS Be ridin' on

Boomerang Love (From The Original Motion Picture) Jimmy Buffett

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 How long we've been apart Be ridin' on this boomerang love

ISLAND Jimmy Buffett

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 Is it the need for love

VOLCANO Jimmy Buffett

Tidal waves out on the sea. Sulphur smoke up in the sky. Pretty soon we learn to fly Chorus Let me hear you, now I don't know, I don't know where I'm a gonna go when the volcano blow.

Homemade Music (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

I ain't no video king I still have to sing For my supper each night You stand on the benches I play in the trenches Beneath the big spotlights Lived in a suitcase for half of my years I got strange

Lone Palm Jimmy Buffett

My garden is filled with papayas and mangos My life is a mixture of reggaes and tangos Taste for the good life, I can live it no other way While out on the beach there are two empty chairs That

HOMEMADE MUSIC Jimmy Buffett

I ain't no video king I still have to sing For my supper each night You stand on the benches I play in the trenches Beneath the big spotlights Lived in a suitcase for half of my years I got

WONDER WHY WE EVER GO HOME Jimmy Buffett

Years grow shorter, not longer, the more you've been on your own. Feelin's for movin' grow stronger' so you wonder why you ever go home, wonder why you ever go home.

MANANA Jimmy Buffett

She said I can't go back to America soon It's so goddamn cold it's gonna snow until June Yeah, they're freezin' up in Buffalo stuck in their cars And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars.

Permanent Reminder Of A Jimmy Buffett

She was no marine back from the Philippines She was their pride and job, their incarnation. Her parents viewed the chief With shock and disbelief Looking for some other explanation.

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

GYPSIES IN THE PALACE Jimmy Buffett

mind Hell, we''ll just shoot the lock off, I do it all the time We're gypsies in the palace, he's left us here alone The order of the sleepless knights will now assume the throne We ain't got no

Fat Person Man Jimmy Buffett

Sheila You got to get rid of Dat fat 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

I WISH LUNCH COULD LAST FOREVER Jimmy Buffett

The place down the block, the one with no clock Covert rendez-vous 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

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

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

Everybody's On The Run Jimmy Buffett

First time I ran Was to the end of the block I didn't know then That it never would stop Mow I look around And what do I see More and more people Running faster then me These days Everybody's on the run

LITTLE MISS MAGIC Jimmy Buffett

She's constantly amazed by the blades of the fan on the ceiling And the funny little faces she makes can't help but be appealing She loves to ride through the town with the top down Feel the warm

I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

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 so fine Waiter

KICK IT IN SECOND WIND Jimmy Buffett

One o'clock in the mornin', people pilin' into the door. Drinks are still comin' in and I'm barely hummin' and the audience is screamin' for more.

Time To Go Home Jimmy Buffett

I still love you, you son of a bitch Norman New York's gray and cold But somehow I miss that / Norman And running the Gull Reef Club Bordered on hand to hand combat / Henny You beat the odds, water

SON OF A SON OF A SAILOR Jimmy Buffett

As the son of a son of a sailor, I went out on the sea for adventure, Expanding ther view of the captain and crew Like a man just released from indenture.

It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Catch the elevator from the penthouse suite And take it down to the casino The God almighty sound of money movin' round Can be heard all the way to Reno Well it's midnight and I'm not famous yet Tryin'

Quietly Making Noise Jimmy Buffett

Oscar Wilde died in bed Several floors above my head 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

That's What Living Is To Me (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Jason Mason hears the sound The whistle blows in Congotown And the mail boat's in mail boat's in It brings him things from oh so far Old magazines and Snickers Bars A simple man a simple land The world's

Barometer Soup Jimmy Buffett

Chorus FOLLOW IN MY WAKE, YOU'VE NOT THAT MUCH AT STAKE FOR I HAVE PLOWED THE SEAS, AND SMOOTHED THE TROUBLED WATERS COME ALONG LET'S HAVE SOME FUN, THE HARD WORK HAS BEEN DONE WI'LL BARREL ROLL

Champagne Si, Agua No Jimmy Buffett

Folks, Gull Reef regrets the water shortage. Wild night out there! Water in the sea, water from the sky, no water in the Club, but while the pump gets repaired, let's live!

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

COCONUT TELEGRAPH Jimmy Buffett

Tuesday on the island Not much goin' on The parties are all over They ended just past dawn But the jungle drums are beating With the tales from late last night Cause the stories bear repeating

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA Jimmy Buffett

I'd love to get you On a slow boat to China All to myself alone Get you and keep you In my arms ever more Leave all your lovers Weepin' on a far away shore Out on the briny With the moon

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.

HIGH CUMBERLAND DILEMMA Jimmy Buffett

It's been a little fever and maybe Bucky Beaver Who made me pull the lever and leave once again We chose just not to marry but go ahead and carry All of our earthly goods and go to live out in the

WHEN SALOME PLAYS THE DRUM Jimmy Buffett

When Salome plays the drum The crowd goes deaf and dumb Swept up by dark sensations Partially the heat More so it's the beat She moves in syncopation Gazelle on the run Skirts slit past her

CARNIVAL WORLD Jimmy Buffett

My father always said that there's no free ride You've got to make a sacrifice With so many Prophets on the Lord's side Even your soul has got a price But talk is cheap it takes money to buy your