|
Browse by name: A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
#
| Jimmy Buffett lyrics
That's What Living is to Me lyrics
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.";
Other Jimmy Buffett lyrics:
Great Filling Station Holdup lyrics
Railroad Lady lyrics
He Went To Paris lyrics
Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit lyrics
Cuban Crime of Passion lyrics
Why Don't We Get Drunk lyrics
Peanut Butter Conspiracy lyrics
They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More lyrics
I Have Found Me A Home lyrics
My Lovely Lady lyrics
Death Of An Unpopular Poet lyrics
Makin' Music For Money lyrics
Door Number Three lyrics
Dallas lyrics
Presents To Send You lyrics
Stories We Could Tell lyrics
Life Is Just A Tire Swing lyrics
A Pirate Looks At Forty lyrics
Migration lyrics
Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season lyrics
Nautical Wheelers lyrics
Tin Cup Chalice lyrics
Pencil Thin Mustache lyrics
Brahma Fear lyrics
Brand New Country Star lyrics
Come Monday( In Album Living And Dying In 3\4 Time) lyrics
Livingston's Gone To Texas (In Album Living And Dying In 3\4 Time) lyrics
The Wino And I Know lyrics
Ringling, Ringling lyrics
West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown lyrics
Ballad of Spider John lyrics
Saxophones lyrics
God's Own Drunk lyrics
Woman Goin' Crazy On Caroline Street lyrics
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus lyrics
The Captain And The Kid ( In Albume Havaña Daydreamin') lyrics
Big Rig lyrics
Defying Gravity lyrics
Havana Daydreamin' lyrics
Cliches lyrics
Something So Feminine About A Mandolin lyrics
Kick It In Second Wind lyrics
This Hotel Room lyrics
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes lyrics
Wonder Why We Ever Go Home lyrics
Landfall lyrics
Tampico Trauma lyrics
Biloxi lyrics
Margaritaville lyrics
Miss You So Badly lyrics
Banana Republics lyrics
Lovely Cruise lyrics
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor lyrics
Fool Button lyrics
The Last Line lyrics
Livingston Saturday Night ( In Album Son Of A Son Of A Sailor) lyrics
Cheeseburger In Paradise(In Album Son Of A Son Of A Sailor) lyrics
Coast Of Marseilles lyrics
Cowboy In The Jungle lyrics
Manana lyrics
African Friend lyrics
Fins ( In Album Volcano) lyrics
Volcano ( In Album Volcano) lyrics
Treat Her Like A Lady lyrics
Stranded On A Sandbar lyrics
Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants lyrics
Survive lyrics
Lady I Can't Explain lyrics
Boat Drinks lyrics
Dreamsicle lyrics
Sending the Old Man Home lyrics
Coconut Telegraph lyrics
Incommunicado lyrics
It's My Job lyrics
Growing Older But Not Up lyrics
The Good Fight lyrics
The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful lyrics
Stars Fell On Alabama lyrics
Island lyrics
Little Miss Magic lyrics
Where's The Party lyrics
It's Midnight And I'm Not Famous Yet lyrics
I Heard I Was In Town lyrics
Somewhere Over China lyrics
When Salome Plays The Drum lyrics
Lip Service lyrics
If I Could Just Get It On Paper lyrics
Steamer lyrics
On A Slow Boat To China lyrics
Stars On The Water lyrics
I Use To Have Money One Time lyrics
Livin' It Up lyrics
California Promises lyrics
One Particular Harbour(In Album One Particular Harbour) lyrics
Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart lyrics
Honey Do(In Album One Particular Harbour) lyrics
We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About lyrics
Twelve Volt Man lyrics
Brown Eyed Girl lyrics
Distantly In Love lyrics
Who's The Blonde Stranger lyrics
When The Wild Life Betrays Me lyrics
Ragtop Day lyrics
She's Going Out Of My Mind lyrics
Bigger Than The Both Of Us lyrics
Knees Of My Heart lyrics
Come To The Moon lyrics
Love In Decline lyrics
Burn That Bridge lyrics
La Vie Dansante lyrics
Album Notes: lyrics
Everybody's On The Run lyrics
Frank And Lola lyrics
The Perfect Partner lyrics
Please Bypass This Heart lyrics
Gypsies In The Palace (In Album Last Mango In Paris) lyrics
Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana) lyrics
If The Phone Doesn't Ring It's Me lyrics
Last Mango In Paris (In Album Last Mango In Paris) lyrics
Jolly Mon Sing lyrics
Beyond The End lyrics
I Love The Now lyrics
Creola lyrics
First Look lyrics
Meet Me In Memphis lyrics
Nobody Speaks To The Captain No More lyrics
Floridays lyrics
If It All Falls Down lyrics
No Plane On Sunday lyrics
When The Coast Is Clear lyrics
You'll Never Work In Dis Bidness Again lyrics
Homemade Music lyrics
Baby's Gone Shopping lyrics
Bring Back the Magic lyrics
My Barracuda lyrics
L'air de la Louisianne lyrics
Prince of Tides lyrics
Pre-You lyrics
King of Somewhere Hot lyrics
Great Heart lyrics
Smart Woman (In A Real Short Skirt) lyrics
Carnival World lyrics
Take Another Road lyrics
That's My Story and I'm Stickin' to it lyrics
Why the Things We Do lyrics
Gravity Storm lyrics
Off to See the Lizard lyrics
Boomerang Love lyrics
Strange Bird lyrics
I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever lyrics
The Pascagoula Run lyrics
Mermaid in the Night lyrics
Changing Channels lyrics
Ellis Dee lyrics
The Missionary lyrics
A Mile High In Denver lyrics
The Captain and the Kid lyrics
Captain America lyrics
Turnabout lyrics
There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times lyrics
I Can't Be Your Hero Today lyrics
Truckstop Salvation lyrics
Ace lyrics
Rockefeller Square lyrics
Bend a Little lyrics
In the Shelter lyrics
Death Valley Lives lyrics
Livingston's Gone to Texas lyrics
England lyrics
Travelin' Clean lyrics
The Hang Out Gang lyrics
God Don't Own a Car (No Wheels) lyrics
High Cumberland Jubilee\Comin' Down Slow lyrics
Cumberland High Dilemma lyrics
Everybody's Got a Cousin in Miami lyrics
Fruitcakes lyrics
Lone Palm lyrics
Six String Music lyrics
Uncle John's Band lyrics
Love in the Library lyrics
Quietly Making Noise lyrics
Frenchman for the Night lyrics
Sunny Afternoon lyrics
Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost lyrics
She's Got You lyrics
Delaney Talks to Statues lyrics
Apocalypso lyrics
Barometer Soup lyrics
Barefoot Children in the Rain lyrics
Bank of Bad Habits lyrics
Remittance Man lyrics
Diamond as Big as the Ritz lyrics
Blue Heaven Rendezvous lyrics
Jimmy Dreams lyrics
Lage Nom Ai lyrics
Don Chu Know lyrics
The Ballad of Skip Wiley lyrics
The Night I Painted the Sky lyrics
Mexico lyrics
Only Time Will Tell lyrics
Jamaica Mistaica lyrics
School Boy Heart lyrics
Holida lyrics
Bob Roberts Society Band lyrics
Overkill lyrics
Desdemonas Building A Rocket Ship lyrics
Mental Floss lyrics
Cultural Infidel lyrics
Happily Ever After (Now And Then) lyrics
False Echos lyrics
Christmas Island lyrics
Jingle Bells lyrics
A Sailors Christas lyrics
| |
|
|