Jimmy Buffett Intro-The Legend of Norman
Paperman/Kinja Lyrics:
By Jimmy Buffett, 1996
Jimmy Buffett explores new creative
ground here, putting the two-hundred
year history of Amerigo, a fictitious
Caribbean island, into a Calypso
number, and framing it into another
song, The Legend of Norman Paperman,
the theme of the show. The principal
singer is the Governor of the island,
and the key characters of the show
sing verses about the history.
Narrator
Kinja was the name of the island when
it was British. The actual name was
King George The Third Island, but the
islanders shortened that to Kinja.
Now the name in the maps and the
guidebooks is Amerigo, but everybody
who still lives there still calls it
Kinja. The United States acquired the
island peaceably in 1940 as part of
the shuffling of old destroyers and
Caribbean real estate that went on
between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Churchill. The details of the
transaction were and are vague to the
inhabitants. The West Indian is not
exactly hostile to change, but he's
not much inclined to believe in it.
Meantime in a fashion Amerigo is
getting Americanized. The inflow of
cash is making everyone more
prosperous. Most Kinjans go along
cheerily with this explosion of
American energy in the Caribbean. To
them it seems like a new harmless and
apparently endless Carnival.
Sanders
Have you ever dreamed of escaping
from your dull existence to a new
life on a tropical island? Our story
is about a man who did it - a real
person, whose true adventure has
become a legend here in the
Caribbean. Welcome one and all to THE
LEGEND OF NORMAN PAPERMAN.
Ensemble
Dis is the legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from the islands we'll share
Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Is it a dream or a nightmare
Women
Dis is the legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from the islands we'll tell
Men
Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Cause heaven can turn into hell.
Sanders
[Sings] Kinja's the name of the island
It's been Kinja for over two hundred years
But remember paradise
Doesn't come without a price
Let me make that abundantly clear
Kinja, our beautiful island
In a windward archipeligo
We've been English, French and Dutch
Never seemed to matter much
Now we're officially Amerigo
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/9n5 ]Ensemble
We're Kinja
Still Kinja
Our Kinja
Sanders
(Sheila, chef at the Gull Reef Club)
Sheila
Our ancestors came in the slave ships
To work for the privileged few
Who wore Paris fashions
and lived in pink mansions
While we huddled in shacks of bamboo
Den da sugar beet bring us our freedom
With the help of our God we got through
Insurrection, beheadin's, funerals and weddin's
Hurricanes and a World War or Two
Chorus
Hurricanes and a World War or Two
We're Kinja
Still Kinja
Our Kinja
We're Kinja
Still Kinja
Our Kinja
Sanders
(Gilbert, gondolier of the Gull Reef Club)
Gilbert
Mr. Churchill had to get some destroyers
To put old hitler six feet below
FDR he pulled a nifty
Got our island for just fifty
And do limeys dey pack up and go
We dance through the streets in celebration
Da fireworks dey light up da sky
We got hotdogs and highways
Got Fords and Chevrolets
Not to mention the Forth of July
Ensemble
Not to mention the Forth of July
We're Kinja
Still Kinja
Our Kinja
We're Kinja
Still Kinja
Our Kinja
Sanders
(Senator Pullman, the island's big enchilada)
Senator Pullman
Now the Yankees, they come wid der dollars
It's a beehive of activity
Sell dem crawfish and rum
Keep dem dizzy and numb
Oh we're liken' this prosperity
We got new holidays for celebration
We got new laws, but no one complies
We got crawfish and mangos
Calypso and tangos
Ahhh, but we short on our watah supply
Ensemble
Mighty short on our watah supply
We got the Carnival
We love the Carnival
The Kinja Carnival
Carnival
We got the Carnival
Don't Stop The Carnival
We love the Carnival
And our story begins
Dis is da legend of Norman Papuhman
Tale from de tropics we'll tell
Chasin illusions can get quite confusin'
Cause heaven can turn into hell!
The legend of - NORMAN PAPERMAN
Lyrics: Intro-The Legend of Norman Paperman/Kinja, Jimmy
Buffett [end] 