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

Remittance Man Jimmy Buffett

CALL Chorus REMITTANCE MAN BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY CLAN BROKE TOO MANY RULES ALONG THE WAY REMITTANCE MAN SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME NO THEY'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE REMITTANCE MAN Verse A MAN

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

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

BRAND NEW COUNTRY STAR Jimmy Buffett

Well, he out grew his sequin suit Sold his Trailways bus Let his hair get a little too long Duck tails bit the dust His custom made, pearl inlaid guitar slipped from his hands And in it's place

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

I Have Found Me a Home Jimmy Buffett

The days drift by They don't have names And none of the streets here look the dame And there are so many quiet places And smilin' eyes match the smilin' faces.

INCOMMUNICADO Jimmy Buffett

Travis McGee's still in Cedar Key That's what John McDonald said My rendezvous so long overdue With all of the things I've sung and read They still apply to me, they all make sense in time Chorus

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

TWELVE VOLT MAN Jimmy Buffett

I never got a grip in penmanship Could never make those small l's flow Seldom found the trick to arithmetic Three plus two be faux pas But ask for some palm trees Or tales from the South Seas

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

WHEN THE WILD LIFE BETRAYS ME Jimmy Buffett

Can't believe I'm still here With the morning so near And last night so unclear I see a trembling hand And a cold wedding band Wonder where do I stand?

Lage Nom Ai Jimmy Buffett

Verse NORDSTROM WAS A SIMPLE MAN WHO HATCHED A 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 AND LEAVES

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

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.

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.

THE WINO AND I KNOW Jimmy Buffett

The ice cream man he's a hillbilly fan, He's got seventy-eights by Hank Snow; Walks down the street, shufflin' his feet, To the rhythm that only he knows.

GYPSIES IN THE PALACE Jimmy Buffett

over here We'll show them his gold records We'll play his music loud We'll party just like Bubba does We'll do the old man proud We're gypsies in the palace, there ain't no wrong or right We're

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 Missionary Jimmy Buffett

I didn't know we were at war I've been away so long Trying to help once lost men Distinguish right from wrong I didn't know we killed the men Our leaders proud and strong The situation's changed

Tampico Trauma Jimmy Buffett

By: jimmy buffett 1977 I must look a mess I must admit But I have been travelling quite a bit South of the border Where the law and order Is kept by federales who just grin And tell you they just want

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

THE WEATHER IS HERE, WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL Jimmy Buffett

He worked hard all year just wanted a few weeks alone But his old lady's into modeling, She can't stay away from the phone Besides she bitches about the mosquitoes She says "Down there there is nothing

TAMPICO TRAMA Jimmy Buffett

I must look a mess I must admit But I have been traveling quite a bit South of the border where the law and order Is kept by Federales who just grin And tell you they just want to be your friend

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.

SAXAPHONES Jimmy Buffett

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 Tho I love rock and roll the acoustic guitar was the only way

BALLAD OF SPIDER JOHN Jimmy Buffett

Spider John is my name friend I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged If you'd share your company I know this may sound strange to you But if you wait 'til the song is sung and the storie's

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

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

Railroad Lady Jimmy Buffett

She's a railroad lady Just a little bit shady Spending her days on the train She's a semi-good looker The fast rails they took 'er Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.

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

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

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

PASCAGOULA RUN Jimmy Buffett

Billy pulled in in a Jaguar Red convertible sixty-five Headed home to Mississippi, he'd been around the world He was that black sheep uncle of mine His ship had come in, he was lookin' to sin

Merry Christmas, Alabama (Never Far from Home) Jimmy Buffett

Barth's and the Florida Keys Merry Christmas, Mississippi Where I started thes wild and crazy run Such a long way from that first birthday Merry Christmas, Everyone And Merry Christmas, Colorado

Cultural Infidel Jimmy Buffett

I'm a cultural infidel, painting in the dark I'm a cultural infidel, singing in the park Socrates, hypothesis, the music of Mozart I'm a cultural infidel, coming from the heart Free thinkin', hoodwinkin

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

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

Peanut Butter Conspiracy Jimmy Buffett

back at my hard luck days I really do have to laugh Workin' in a dive for twenty-six dollars Spendin' it all on draft We were hungry hard luck heroes Tryin' just to stay alive So we'd go down to the

GREAT HEART Jimmy Buffett

This 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 A

Great Heart (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

This 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 A great heart

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

False Echoes Jimmy Buffett

The skies over Cuba runed pink with the light And the waterfront ritual began to ignite All the ships in the harbour were warmed by the sun Twenty-fifth of November, Nineteen twenty-one On the

Smart Woman (In A Real Short Skirt) (Album Version) Jimmy Buffett

Bimbo limbo is where I've been I know you know that it's wearing me thin The times are changin' and it's about time I'm rearranging all the guilt in my mind I'm looking for a smart woman in a real

The Pascagoula Run Jimmy Buffett

Billy pulled in in a Jaguar Red convertible sixty five Headed home to Mississippi he'd been around the world He was that black sheep uncle of mine His ship had come in he was lookin' to sin He was singing

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

BIG RIG Jimmy Buffett

If I was a road dog, baby All of my songs were true Reckon' I'd like my whiskey drinkin' a whole lot more than I do But I don't know about the good life, baby Not so sure it's for me I'd much rather