Songtexte African Friend - Jimmy Buffett
African
Friend
By:
Jimmy
Buffett
1978
Disembarking
at
Duvalier
Airport
Seeking
transportation
to
town
As
the
purple
ink
dried
on
his
passport
He
could
still
feel
the
eyes
look
around
"Messieur
ou
y
est
casino?"
[ Do
you
know
where
the
casino
is
Sir?
]
Spoke
to
the
cabbie
and
smiled
Driver
replied
"Vieux
ou
noveaux."
[ Old
or
new?
]
As
he
motioned
the
dark
man
inside
Business
in
Aruba
concluded
He
now
had
a
little
money
to
spend
That′s
how
I
came
to
meet
my
African
friend
We
were
rolling
the
bones
several
hours
Conversing
as
most
gamblers
do
We
were
calling
on
all
of
our
powers
Hopin'
to
see
the
night
through
But
not
approving
at
all
of
our
winnings
Pit
boss
he
tugged
at
his
sleeve
Through
the
whole
thing
my
new
friend
was
grinning
When
he
motioned
it′s
time
we
should
leave
With
our
night
at
the
tables
behind
us
We
were
ready
just
to
do
it
again
That's
when
I
came
to
know
my
African
friend
But
I
woke
up
on
the
steps
of
a
whorehouse
Soldier
told
me
I'd
better
leave
As
I
stumbled
to
find
me
a
taxi
I
saw
a
note
pinned
to
my
sleeve
"It
was
a
pleasure
and
a
hell
of
an
evenin′
Truly
was
our
night
to
win.
But
the
authorities
insist
on
my
leaving
Take
care
my
American
friend."
With
my
weekend
at
Haiti
concluded
I
now
had
a
little
money
to
spend
That′s
when
I
came
to
meet
my
African
friend
That's
how
I
came
to
know
another
good
friend
This
album
is
dedicated
to
Juan
Cadiz,
Save
The
Whales,
Save
The
Earth,
Support
Greenpeace.
1 Son of a Son of a Sailor
2 Havana Daydreamin
3 Mañana
4 Treat Her Like a Lady
5 Steamer
6 Jolly Mon Sing
7 Nautical Wheelers
8 Take It Back
9 Love and Luck (1992 Box Set Version)
10 Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season
11 Boat Drinks
12 One Particular Harbour
13 Lovely Cruise
14 Ragtop Day
15 Frank and Lola
16 Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit
17 Knees of My Heart
18 Money Back Guarantee - 1992 Box Set Version
19 When The Coast is Clear
20 Biloxi
21 Distantly In Love
22 Coconut Telegraph
23 Stars On the Water
24 Who's the Blonde Stranger?
25 I Have Found Me a Home
26 Christmas In the Caribbean (1985 Tennessee Christmas Version)
27 Volcano
28 Cheeseburger in Paradise
29 Fins
30 The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
31 Tampico Trauma
32 Cuban Crime of Passion
33 First Look
34 The Wino And I Know
35 Why Don't We Get Drunk
36 Elvis Imitators - 1992 Box Set Version
37 Kick It In Second Wind
38 Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)
39 When Salome Plays the Drum
40 They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
41 The Pascagoula Run
42 Sending the Old Man Home
43 Domino College - 1992 Box Set Version
44 Defying Gravity
45 Incommunicado
46 I Heard I Was in Town
47 Ballad Of Spider John
48 Little Miss Magic
49 California Promises
50 If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
51 African Friend
52 Pre-You
53 Middle Of The Night - 1992 Box Set Version
54 Coast of Marseilles
55 Island
56 He Went to Paris
57 Stars Fell on Alabama
58 Changing Channels
59 Everlasting Moon (Live 1992 Box Set Version)
60 Twelve Volt Man
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