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Version 1 of Jimmy Buffett Lyrics Migration (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jimmy-buffett/migration/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | By: Jimmy Buffett | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1974 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Whoa, lookin' back at my background | Whoa, lookin' back at my background | |||||||||||||
| Tryin' to figure out how I ever got here | Tryin' to figure out how I ever got here | |||||||||||||
| Some things are still a mystery to me | Some things are still a mystery to me | |||||||||||||
| While others are much too clear | While others are much too clear | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| I'm just livin' in the sunshine | I'm just livin' in the sunshine | |||||||||||||
| Stay contented most of the time | Stay contented most of the time | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Yeah listenin' to Murphy, Walker and Willis | Yeah listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and Willis | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sing me their Texas rhymes | Sing me their Texas rhymes | |||||||||||||
| Most of the people who retire in Florida | Most of the people who retire in Florida | |||||||||||||
| Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch | Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch | |||||||||||||
| And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys | And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys | |||||||||||||
| I hate those bastards so much | I hate those bastards so much | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| I wish a summer squall would blow them all | I wish a summer squall would blow them all | |||||||||||||
| The way up to fantasy land | The way up to fantasy land | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Yeah, they're ugly and square, they don't belong here | Yeah they're ugly and square, they don't belong here | 2 | |||||||||||
| They looked a lot better as beer cans | They looked a lot better as beer cans | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Chorus: | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | |||||||||||||
| Why some people live like they do | Why some people live like they do | |||||||||||||
| So many nice things happenin' out there | So many nice things happenin' out there | |||||||||||||
| They never even seen the clues | They never even seen the clues | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | |||||||||||||
| I know we been doin' our part | I know we been doin' our part | |||||||||||||
| Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | |||||||||||||
| And some Texas hidden here in my heart | And some Texas hidden here in my heart | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Well, now I might have joined the Merchant Marine | Well now I might have joined the Merchant Marine | 3 | |||||||||||
| If I hadn't learned how to sing | If I hadn't learned how to sing | |||||||||||||
| And on top of all that I got married too early | And on top of all that I got married too early | |||||||||||||
| 'Cost me much more than a ring | 'Cost me much more than a ring | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| But now those crazy days are over | But now those crazy days are over | |||||||||||||
| Just gotta learn from the wrong things you done | Just gotta learn from the wrong things you done | |||||||||||||
| I came off the rebound, started lookin' around | I came off the rebound, started lookin' around | |||||||||||||
| Figured out it's time to have a little fun | Figured out it's time to have a little fun | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Chorus: | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | |||||||||||||
| Why some people live like they do | Why some people live like they do | |||||||||||||
| So many nice things happenin' out there | So many nice things happenin' out there | |||||||||||||
| They never even seen the clues | They never even seen the clues | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | |||||||||||||
| I know we been doin' our part | I know we been doin' our part | |||||||||||||
| Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | |||||||||||||
| And some Texas hidden here in my heart | And some Texas hidden here in my heart | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Well, now if I ever live to be an old man | Well now if I ever live to be an old man | 4 | |||||||||||
| I'm gonna sail down to Martinique | I'm gonna sail down to Martinique | |||||||||||||
| I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit | I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit | |||||||||||||
| And an African parakeet | And an African parakeet | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| And then I'll sit him on my shoulder | And then I'll sit him on my shoulder | |||||||||||||
| And open up my trusty old mind | And open up my trusty old mind | |||||||||||||
| I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss | I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss | |||||||||||||
| And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine | And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Chorus: | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me | |||||||||||||
| Why some people live like they do | Why some people live like they do | |||||||||||||
| So many nice things happenin' out there | So many nice things happenin' out there | |||||||||||||
| They never even seen the clues | They never even seen the clues | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Yeah but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Yeah, but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme | 7 | ||||||||||||
| I know we been doin' our part | I know we been doin' our part | |||||||||||||
| Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | |||||||||||||
| And some Texas hidden here in my heart | And some Texas hidden here in my heart | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Coda: | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Yeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | Yeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely control | |||||||||||||
| 6 | And some Texas hidden here in my heart | And some Texas hidden here in my heart (yodelling...) | 6 | |||||||||||
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