Far Side of the World
Far Side of the World Tracks
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Blue GuitarBlue Guitar
Roger Guth, Peter MayerOnce I knew a man
Showed me the slight of hand
Blink of an eye, he danced across the stringsPlayed a song I'd never heard
Poignant and absurd
To this day it leaves me wonderingDon't let tomorrow find you wishin'
Boy you've got a mission
Shake it, rattle and rollAh, now, just use your intuition
You'll get less competition
From the clock up on the wallYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for mePlay me a serenade
A simple masquerade
Play on your Blue Guitar for meYeah...
'Cause we'll all make believe
Someone to deceive
Time is just a folly we can't seeIf you only know one song
Play it right or wrong
The truth is always somewhere in betweenYou and I, we can't change the weather
We're all in this together
So let the strong winds blowAh, now things will be much better
Don't become a prisoner
The reason you should knowYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for me
Play me a serenade
A simple masquerade
Play on your Blue Guitar for meDon't let tomorrow find you wishin'
Boy you've got a mission
Shake it, rattle and rollAh, now, just use you intuition
You'll get less competition
From the clock up on the wallYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for mePlay me a serenade
A simple masquerade
Play on your Blue Guitar for meYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for me
Play me a serenade
Red wine or lemonade
Play on your Blue Guitar for meYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for me
Play me a serenade
A simple masquerade
Play on your Blue Guitar for meYou are what you are
You dream what you dream
Play on your Blue Guitar for me -
Mademoiselle Voulez-Vous DanserMademoiselle Voulez-Vous Danser
By Lennie GallantMadamoiselle, voulez-vous danser?
Take my hand, don't turn away
You've been sitting there all night long
I know that something must be wrongMadamoiselle, voulez-vous danser?
A new moon has come out to play
Take my hand, step outside
These doors and windows open wideThe stars are out and shining, hear the south
wind sighing
It'll be okay
Let the breeze caress you, violin undress
your heart
On va danserMadamoiselle, voulez-vous danser?
It will soon be the break of day
We all have so little time
Oh won't you put your hand in mineThe stars are out and shining, hear the south
wind sighing
It'll be okay
Let the breeze caress you, violin undress
your heart
I swear, on va danserMadamoiselle, voulez-vous danser?
A new moon has come out to play
Madamoiselle, voulez-vous danser
It will soon be the break of day
On va danser
On va danserMadamoiselle, voulez-vous danser
Madamoiselle, voulez vous danser
Danser
We all have so little time -
Autour De RocherAutour Du Rocher
Jimmy Buffett, Henri Ledee, Leon Ledee, Marcel Limodin, Jean-Jacques KraifMes amis nous allons quelque part dont tout
le monde
Se rappelle d'un endroit ou l'herbe etait
toujours verte
Et la fete ne s'arretait jamais
A autour du rocherThis a a little tale about a hotel in the Caribbean.
Well it wasn't really a hotel, it was a patio
bar with funky rooms and an outdoor disco
with bad wiring. Some people said if you looked
between the cracks of the floorboards of our
dance floor you would see Hell. If you ever
went there, you would know what I'm talking
about. If you never had, then we
thought we'd send you a little musical souvenir.Some say it was a planet
Some say it was a rock
For five wild years in L"Orient
The party never stoppedThere were pirates from the Indies
There were models from Paris
There were locals and New Yorkers
And the Brazilian NavyBy mini-moke and scooters
In cabs and stolen cars
Came the creatures of the evening
From St. Martin and from MarsAlors, Alors, Alors, Alors alors come on, come on
Vien faire un tour autour du rocher
On croisera les fantomes du passe
Viens faire un tour autour du rocher
Sur les souvenirs l'herbe a pousseeGirl at the pool table
puts on a show for free
They were bivouacked in the bathroom
By the hot tub near the seaEvery night at midnight
Seems the devil took control
And the hill became a parking lot
Fueled by rock 'n' rollThey were talking by the cannon
But I couldn't believe my ears
The Russian had plutonium
The sailor wanted beersThey shook hands in the moonlight
And broke out a big cigar
Just business as usual
Beneath the tropic starsAlors(come on) alors (let's go) alors
Vien faire in tour autour du rocher
On croisera les fantomes du pass'e
Viens faire un tour autour du richer
Sur les souvinirs l'herbe a pousseeIt was better than a painting
At le Musee de Beaux Arts
And simply what we did for fun
Back in the old St. BartsThen the glitz and all the glamour
Hit like a hurricane
Or maybe we just all grew up
But it never was the sameThe gendarmes finally closed the joint
And the fire it did the rest
But on New Year's Eve of '91
We sang the last requestWe were dancing in the ashes
We were dancing in the sea
We were dancing in the ruins
Where we left our memories
Come on let's go alors
Vien faire un tour autour du rocher
On croisera les fantomes du pass'e
Viens faire un tour autour du rocher
Sur les souvinirs l'herbe a pousseeAlors. Alors, Alors, Alors
Vien faire un tour autour du rocher
On croisera les fantomes du pass'e
Viens faire untour autour du rocher
Sur les souvenirs l'herbe a poussee -
Savannah Fare You WellSavannah Fare You Well
By Hugh PrestwoodThere is something in the wind tonight
Some kind of change of weather
Somewhere some devil's mixing fire and ice
together
I got a feeling that the dark side of the moon
is one the rise
Black as a crow's featherNow I could stay another day or two
But what's the use of stalling
Deep in the winter even holdout leaves
start fallin'
Lately every night above the declarations
of our love
I hear the road callin'It's such a fragile magic
A puff of wind can break the spell
And all the golden threads are frail
as spider webs
Savannah fare you wellIn a vision I had yesterday
It rained so hard that I drowned
While I waited for a hurricane to die down
The raging water rolling over me
was wild as a heart
That love cannot tie down -
All The Ways I Want YouAll The Ways I Want You
By Bruce CockburnThe hills are full of secrets
Owls watch by night
Down in town the bars are full
And the drunks are picking fights
These are things I know
But the facts are filtered through
All the ways I want you2:19 freight train
Moaning somewhere near
I see you in the distance
But I can't get there from here
Hard to believe it's happening
But my whole world's shrunken to
All the ways I want youStars look down and laugh at me
I ought to take a bow
Don't have to tell them life's hard sometimes
There's one falling now
Nobody's here beside me
I can talk about it to
All the ways I want you -
Last Man StandingLast Man Standing
By Mac McAnally, Jimmy BuffettIf they gave Olympic medals for running all-night long
I would have won them all until I turned pro
I've got miles of dedication
And a natural inclination
For a childhood game i just could not outgrow(Everybody)
I want to be the last man standing
People crashin' on the sofas and passed out
on the floor
But the Last man standing
was sayin' bring on a little bit moreWhen you stop and think about
Life is still just high school
You make the same mistakes you did when you were young
Contending for the ladies' favors
Testing every single flavor
While hopelessly trying not scald your tongueI wanna be the last man standing
Bring me the hot sauce
Bring me a beer
Gonna be the last man standing
But where do we go from here?
Gonna be the last man standing
People crashin' on the sofas and passed out
on the floor
But the Last man standing
was sayin' bring on a little bit moreI might as well admit it
There's been a time or two
When I contemplate retirement for a while
But a hundred years from now
They'll still be asking how
As they gaze upon on my taxidermic smileWant to be the last man standing
Got the devil at the crossroads, wolf at the door
But the last man standing
Is singin' bring on a little bit moreThey're gonna see the last man standing
Still got a fun ticket in my hand
Gonna be the last man standing
Takin off before I land -
What If The Hokey-Pokey Is All It Really Is About?What If The Hokey Pokey Is All It Really Is About?
Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, C. Macak, T. Baker, L. LapriseThe universe is runnin' away
I heard it on the news just the other day
There's this new stuff called dark energy
We can't measure and we can't see
It's some elemental mystery
Train that we can't catchBut our heads are in the oven
And somebody's 'bout to strike a matchMeanwhile back on our big round ball
Things are getting serious as cholesterol
Permutations, calculations,
Greedy piggies at the trough
Arrogance and ignorance
Just to top it off
I just can't keep up with the Nasdaq
Who got sold and bought
I've got to take my lunch break
But I'll leave you with a little for thoughtMaybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is all it really is aboutWhat if life is just a cosmic joke
Like spiders in your underwear or olives in
your coke
My life can get as messy as a day old sticky bun
So I arm myself with punch lines and a big ol'
water gun
They say it's not that simple but just maybe it
should be
It's time to change the subject, would you join me
in a cup of herbal tea?Maybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is all it really is aboutI still believe in rock 'n' roll
It pays my bills and soothes my soul
There really really isn't
A whole lot more around
Except for Frank Sinatra and the Big
band sound
I want music in the music
I want chicken in the soup
I want caffeine in my system let's revive
the hula hoopMaybe it's all too simple
For our brains to figure it out
What if the hokey pokey
Is all it really is about -
Altered BoyAltered Boy
Jimmy Buffett, Wayne JobsonOh no, he's buying an island
Oh no, he's building a boat
Why does he never stop smiling?
Fun surrounds him like a deep moatWhere does he get all those stories?
How can he tell such a lie?
He's bound to see purgatory
His views are in short supplyBut Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boyGood God, he's talking with parrots
Painting his dreams in the sand
Piling up beaucoup demerits
Doing it just 'cause he canBy Jove he's having a cocoa
Evading those judgmental eyes
Calmly walking his tight rope
High above all the outcriesBut Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boyThe story goes
he stumbled at the alter
Now it seems he just blasphemes
And dwells with dangers daughterSomeone call the talking doctor
Somebody get a SWAT team
There he sits getting away with
murder
How dare him live out his dreamsBut Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boyOh no, he's sailing today
Oh no, beware Paraguay
Oh no, anchors aweigh
Oh no -
USS ZydecoldsmobileUSS Zydecoldsmobile
By Sonny LandrethYou can feel the horses under the hood
Through thick and thin pull us out of the wood
She's the smoothest ride, yeah, you'll ever feel
She's the Delta slide of automobilesDouble clutchin' on the backseat
I hear you, yeah, with your main squeeze
Playing triple row accordian fills
In the USS ZydecOldsmobilePort of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS ZydecOldsmobileMardi Gras run block the road
Park the car and join the show
Get up on the trunk and dance at will
Aboard the USS ZydecOldsmobilePort of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS ZydecOldsmobileYeah, Spirit moves through everyone
We have faith and we have fun
God bless the turning wheel
Of my USS ZydecOldsmobilePort of Call Opelousas
Port of Call Lawtell
Port of Call Frilot Cove
In the USS ZydecOldsmobileCome ride with me in my ZydecOldsmobile
Double clutchin' with me in my ZydecOldsmobile
Hip shakin' with me in my ZydecOldsmobile
Come ride with me in my ZydecOldsmobile -
Someday I WillSomeday I Will
Jimmy Buffett, Matt BettonI see a white sail
skipping cross a blue bay
and I say Someday I Will
I see a young man
strumming on a green guitar
and I say Someday I WillI don't have a plan
It's not that kind of thing
I'm not Martin Luther King
I don't have a dream
It's just sometimes I know
That's the way I'm supposed to goI see a flying boat
and I get a lump in my throat
and I say Someday I Will
SomedaySo whatever thrills you
Anything you love to do
Just say someday I willDon't need to know who
May help you make it come true
Just say someday I willDon't have to work it all out
Don't have to tear it all apart
All you need's a place to startAnd if it never worked before
Try it just once more
That's what your heart if forWhether it's big or small
If you have a passion at all
Just say, someday I will
Someday
Someday I will
Someday -
Far Side Of The WorldFar Side of the World
Jimmy BuffettRamadan is over,
The new moon's shown her face,
I'm halfway round the planet,
In a most unlikely place.Following my song line
Past bamboo shacks and shops
Behind a jitney packed like sardines,
With bananas piled on top.I ran away from politics,
It's too bizarre at home.
Away I flew, tuned into Blue
"Maybe Amsterdam or Rome"Awakened by a stewardess,
With Spain somewhere below.
On the threshold of adventure,
God I do love this job so.So while I make my move
On the big board game
Up and down a Spanish highway,
Some things remain the same.
Girls meet boys
and the boys tease girls
I'm heading out this morning,
For the Far Side of the World.Oh I believe in song lines
Obvious and not
I've ridden them like camels
To some most peculiar spots.They run across the oceans
Through mountains and saloons
And tonight out to the desert
Where I sit atop this dune.I was destined for this vantage point
Which is so far from the Sea
I've lived it in the pages of Saint-ExuperyFrom Paris to Tunisia
Casablanca to Dakar
I was riding long before I flew
Through the wind and sand and stars.Caravan
Ride that hump
And Timbuktu's a jillion bumps
Sleeping bags and battle flags
Are coiled and furled
That's the way you travel
To the far side of the world!A Sunset framed by lightening bolts
Burns a lasting memory
And a string of tiny twinkling lights
adorn the sausage tree.
While the embers from the log fire
Flicker, fly, and twirl
Then drift off toward the cosmos
From the Far Side of the World.
Well it's Christmas and my birthday
and so to that extent
The Masai not the wise men
Are circling my tent.
I teach them how to play guitar
They show me how to dance
We have rum from the Caribbean
And Burgundy from France.New Year's Eve in Zanzibar
With Babu and his boys
High up on the rooftop
You can relish all the noise.They are dancing on the tables
People bouncing like gazelles
Two 0-0-1 is ushered in
With air raid horns and bells.Time to sing time to dance
Living out my second chance.Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled
That's the way it happens
On the Far Side of the World.Back at home, it's afternoon
Six thousand miles away.
I will still be there when I get through
Attending this soireeThere are jobs and chores and questions
And plates I need to twirl,
But tonight I'll take my chances,
On the Far Side of the World.
That's the way it happens
On the Far Side of the World. -
Tonight I Just Need My GuitarTonight I Just Need My Guitar
Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnallyGulf coast nights, flounder lights
I'm back on the Eastern shore
With my history of wrecks
I think It's time to check
The crab trap of life once moreNeed is a relative thing these days
It borders on desire
The high tech world is full of bright
shiny things
We think that we really requireSometimes more than others
You see who and what and where
You are
I'm a one-man band with no
Immediate plans
Tonight I just need my guitarDon't need to feel important or famous
No limos or my little Nash car
One lucky man
With my feet in the sand
Tonight I just need my guitar