That's What Living Is to Me |
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That's What Living Is to Me Lyrics |
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 That`s What Living is to Me By: Jimmy Buffett 1988 I would like to thank J.D. Souther for the book, Harry Belafonte for the early inspiration and Mark Twain for taking the trip long ago. -- Spoken: "Back toward the turn of the century, you know, Mark Twain took a trip around the world on a steamship and he wrote a book called `Following the Equator`. And the opening page has a dedication that says, `Be good, and you will be lonesome,` which for me, still seems to work in the fabulous eighties." Jason Mason hears the sound The whistle blows in Congo town And the mail boat`s in, mail boat`s in Brings him things from oh so far Old magazines and Snicker bars A simple man, a simple plan The world`s too big to understand Chorus: Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That`s what livin` is to me That`s what livin` is to me On a timeless beach in Hispaniola Young girl sips a diet cola She`s worlds apart, worlds apart Spirit of the black king still Reverberates through Haitian hills He rules the sea and all the fish What if he had a TV dish? Chorus: Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That`s what livin` is to me That`s what livin` is to me Now in the far off regions the foreign legion Keep the thieves and the predators at bay While closer to home some bad boys still roam The streets aren`t safe so give it one more day One more day One more day Stories from my favorite books Still take on many different looks And I`m gone again, home again The time has come the walrus said And little oysters hide their head My Twain of thought is loosely bound I guess it`s time to Mark this down Chorus: Be good and you will be lonesome Be lonesome and you will be free Live a lie and you will live to regret it That`s what livin` is to me That`s what livin` is to me That`s what livin` is to me That`s what livin` is to me -- Spoken: "Thank you, Mark." |
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