Lyrics




She said I can′t go back to America soon
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
Customs man tells her that she's gotta leave
She′s got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleeve
Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind
And any direction he blows will be fine
Please don't say manana if you don′t mean it
I have heard those words for so very long
Don't try to describe the ocean if you′ve never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong
Tried and I tried but I don't understand
Never seemed to work out the way I had it planned
Hangin′ out at a marina when Steve Martin called
Singin′ anybody there really want to get small
But women and water are in short supply
There's not enough dope for us all to get high
I hear it gets better, that′s what they say
As soon as we sail on to Cane Garden Bay
Please don't say manana if you don′t mean it
I have heard your lines for so very long
Don't try to describe the scenery if you′ve never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up in my song
Alright let's reggae, Reefers!
Called my friends on those cheap nightly rates
Sure was good to talk to the old United States
While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west
I see General Electric′s still doing their best
I got to head this boat South pretty soon
New album′s old and I'm fresh out of tunes
But I know that I′ll get 'em, I know that they′ll come
Through the people and places and Caldwood's Rum
So please don′t say manana if you don't mean it (don't mean it)
I have done your lines for so very long
Don′t try to describe a Kiss concert if you′ve never seen it
Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being gonged
And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs
No, no, no...



Writer(s): Jimmy Buffett


Jimmy Buffett - Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Album Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
date of release
19-05-1992

1   Margaritaville
2   Livingston Saturday Night
3   Brown Eyed Girl
4   The Great Filling Station Holdup
5   On a Slow Boat To China
6   Tin Cup Chalice
7   Pencil Thin Mustache
8   Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
9   A Pirate Looks at Forty
10   Survive
11   Come Monday
12   Son of a Son of a Sailor
13   Havana Daydreamin
14   Mañana
15   Treat Her Like a Lady
16   Steamer
17   Jolly Mon Sing
18   Nautical Wheelers
19   Take It Back
20   Love and Luck (1992 Box Set Version)
21   Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season
22   Boat Drinks
23   One Particular Harbour
24   Lovely Cruise
25   Ragtop Day
26   Frank and Lola
27   Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit
28   Knees of My Heart
29   Money Back Guarantee - 1992 Box Set Version
30   When The Coast is Clear
31   Biloxi
32   Distantly In Love
33   Coconut Telegraph
34   Stars On the Water
35   Who's the Blonde Stranger?
36   I Have Found Me a Home
37   Christmas In the Caribbean (1985 Tennessee Christmas Version)
38   Volcano
39   Cheeseburger in Paradise
40   Fins
41   The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
42   Tampico Trauma
43   Cuban Crime of Passion
44   First Look
45   The Wino And I Know
46   Why Don't We Get Drunk
47   Elvis Imitators - 1992 Box Set Version
48   Kick It In Second Wind
49   Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)
50   When Salome Plays the Drum
51   They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
52   The Pascagoula Run
53   Sending the Old Man Home
54   Domino College - 1992 Box Set Version
55   Defying Gravity
56   Incommunicado
57   I Heard I Was in Town
58   Ballad Of Spider John
59   Little Miss Magic
60   California Promises
61   If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
62   African Friend
63   Pre-You
64   Middle Of The Night - 1992 Box Set Version
65   Coast of Marseilles
66   Island
67   He Went to Paris
68   Stars Fell on Alabama
69   Changing Channels
70   Twelve Volt Man
71   Everlasting Moon (Live 1992 Box Set Version)




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