Frank and Lola by Jimmy Buffett and Steve Goodman

“Lola is another tough rhyme. Sometimes when you’re trying to find it, the rhyme is right under your nose. Pensacola was across the state line, and it rhymed. See? There’s nothing to it.”

“Lucy and Ricky, Fred and Ethel, Laurel and Hardy, Spanky and Buckwheat, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Frank and Lola…they’re all good for a laugh.” - Jimmy

Lola loves Frank, Frankie loves Lola
On their second honeymoon in Pensacola
Tryin’ to find a little privacy, oh me
There’d been too much screamin’ fussin’ and fightin’
The doggies were yellin the children were bitin’
Frank and Lola tryin’ to get together again

So he took her to this movie called "Body Heat"
She said "The Junior Mints were mushy and the sex was neat
Oh my, Frankie weren’t we better than that before our spat"
Frankie told Lola, "Honey, can’t you see that I’ll jump start you if
you’ll kick start me"
Frankie and Lola, tryin’ to get together again

So they strolled along the highway, they walked along the beach
They stopped at several raw bars where they slurped a dozen each
Bought a bunch of popcorn from the fat man on the dock
Baby, turn back the pages, turn round the clock

Lola told Frank, "Time we put it to the test"
After Frankie told Lola she was still the best
They fell asleep in the sand underneath the Florida moon in June
Lola counted rainbows, Frankie counted sheep
Til they almost got run over by the lifeguards’ jeep
Frank and Lola tryin’ to get together again

Go, Frank, go
Lola, Lo
Go Frank, go, wow

So they strolled along the highway, they walked along the beach
They stopped at several raw bars where they slurped a dozen each
Bought a bunch of popcorn from the fat man on the dock
Baby, turn back the pages, turn round the clock

Lola loves Frank, Frankie loves Lola
On their second honeymoon in Pensacola
Trying to find a little priva
Trying to find a little priva
Trying to find a little privacy

Go, Frank, go
Lola, lo
Go, Mango

 The Perfect Partner by Marshall Chapman

“When I sang Marshall’s song, I thought of summer nights at the beach long ago doing the shag to THE DRIFTERS records and wanting desperately to fall in love. I still like to shag to THE DRIFTERS.” - Jimmy

Look over here there’s a girl
I’ve never seen her before
Her eyes are looking straight at you
Across the crowded dance floor
Ooh she’s smiling
What a beautiful sight
I got a funny feeling
She’s gonna dance with you tonight

She could be the perfect partner
She can take it in her stride
She won’t try to lead or follow
The perfect partner by your side

You’ve got to take a chance
You got to let somebody move you
It can happen at a dance
When there’s a rhythm you can groove to
Ooh here she comes ya’ll
She’s coming straight to me
She’s gonna ask me if I want to dance
I’ll just have to wait and see

She could be the perfect partner
She can take it in her stride
She won’t try to lead or follow
The perfect partner by my side

The worse that can happen
Is she steps on you toes
But til you take that first step with her
How will you know

That she could be the perfect partner
She can take it in her stride
She won’t try to lead or follow
The perfect partner by my side



Please Bypass This Heart by Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, and Michael Utley

“Close your eyes and click your heels, think of skating rinks and spinning wheels. Of those who will and those who won’t, some hearts break while others don’t.” - Jimmy

Everyday I read about these operations
That make a heart that’s weak so strong again
I relate it to my own situation
And now I know just what to say to you

Please bypass this heart
Until I’m well again
Let’s not even start to fall where we fell again
The cheating was sweet but my heart is beat
Don’t tear it apart
Please bypass this heart
Please bypass this heart

In simpler times I didn’t need a lot of healing
My heart was young and strong and worked just fine
But now you’ve shown me there’s a hurting side of feeling
There’s just one cure and here’s what you must do

Please bypass this heart
Until I’m well again
Let’s not even start to fall where we fell again
The cheating was sweet but my heart is beat
Don’t tear it apart
Please bypass this heart
Please bypass this heart



Gypsies In The Palace by Jimmy Buffett, Glen Frey, and Will Jennings

“I have heard that some of the great parties of all time have been at my house-when I wasn’t there.” - Jimmy

In days of old, when knights where bold,
And journeyed from their castles,
Trusty men where left behind,
Knights needed not the hassles,
They helped themselves to pig and peach,
And drank from King’s own challis.
Oh, it was a stirring sight
These gypsies in the palace.

Some things never change

So long Boss, knock ‘em dead, don’t worry ’bout a thing
Wish that we could come along we’d love to hear you sing
The limo’s here your bags are packed the list is by the phone,
Me and Snake will watch your place and treat it like our own

Look at all this liquor
Look at all this food
It’s only gonna go to waste
We’re not really being rude
But the good stuff’s in his closet I swear he wouldn’t mind
Hell, we”ll just shoot the lock off I do it all the time

We’re gypsies in the palace, he’s left us here alone
The order of the sleepless knights will now assume the throne
We ain’t got no money, we ain’t got no fight
But we’re gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight

There’s damsels in distress out there and we got all this beer
We’ll free them from their condos and bring them over here
We’ll show them his gold records
We’ll play his music loud
We’ll party just like Bubba does
We’ll do the old man proud

We’re gypsies in the palace, there ain’t no wrong or right
We’re gypsies in the palace, and we’re going wild tonight

He’s the greatest guy to work for, man, he’s really cool
Hey Snake, this party’s getting dull, throw someone in the pool
Hey, let’s all take our clothes off and form a conga line
Watch out for that broken glass, hey Snake, we need more wine

We’re gypsies in the palace, there ain’t no wrong or right
We’re gypsies in the palace and we’re raising hell tonight
Oh, hi there Boss, what’s goin’ on?
You say you’re coming when?
I’ll send Snake to pick you tomorrow night at ten

Everybody out of here, the show is closing down
We’ve got to find someone to clean this up,
He’s coming back to town

Hi there boss, we waxed your car, we raked and mowed your lawn
We couldn’t find enough to do in the short time you were gone

Man it sure is peaceful here, you really got it all
If you ever hit the road again, give me and Snake a call

We’re gypsies in the palace, he’s left us here alone
The order of the Sleepless Knights will now assume the throne
We ain’t got no money, we ain’t got no right
But we’re gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight

Hello?
Hey, Jimmy, it’s Glenn
Glenn, How ya doing?
Fine man, I’m going on the road, do you know anyone who could house sit for me?
I got these two great guys that look after my place man, they’re the best.


Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana) by Jimmy Buffett and Will Jennings

“I wound up in Mexico one day, passing through Tijuana on my way to Rosarito Beach. I was passing through the bizarre streets of this border town listening to the radio from San Diego when the DJ mentioned that it was Halloween. I looked around and realized that none of these people needed a costume.”

“This song brings to mind two things. First, an image of Robert Mitchum standing in the doorway of a bar in Tijuana, and second, a line by Thomas McGuane, my brother-in-law, from his book, PANAMA, “The night wrote a check the morning couldn’t cash.” - Jimmy

Halloween in Tijuana
Full moon in my eyes
I wonder how in the hell I got here
Without a disguise

Should I take this last step
or turn myself around
or follow my intuition into that border town

Yo quiero a bailar en Mexico
Do the desperation samba con nos amigos
Yo quiero a bailar en Mexico
Do the desperation samba con nos amigos

Pretty girls they beckon
From their rooms above
Skeletons are dancing
in the name of love

Don’t know where I’m going
Don’t like where I’ve been
There may be no exit
But hell I’m going in

Yo quiero a bailar en Mexico
Do the desperation samba con nos amigos
Yo quiero a bailer en Mexico
Do the desperation samba con nos amigos

Hear the people singing the same old haunting tune
I drink because I know it’s me against the moon

Yo quiero a bailar en Mexico
Do the desperation samba con nos amigos


If The Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me by Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, and Michael Utley

“This phrase sort of sums it all up: “Good days’ bad days, and going half mad days.” We all have them. This is as close as I can get to a sad song .”

“The time spent writing about the intensity involved in trying to keep love together is short; but the endless research can kill you.” - Jimmy

There are oceans of feelings between us
Currents that take us and sweep us away
That’s why we seldom have seen us
In the light of a cold hard day

Lots of new friends with the same old answers
Open your eyes, you might see
If our lives were that simple
We’d live in the past
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me

If the phone doesn’t ring
You’ll know that it’s me
I’ll be out in the eye of the storm
If the phone doesn’t ring
you’ll know that I’ll be
Where someone can make me feel warm
It’s too bad we can’t turn
and live in the past
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me

I’ve had good days and bad days
And going half mad days
I try to let go but you’re still on my mind
I’ve lost all the old ways
I’m searching for new plays
Putting it all on the line

Lots of new friends with the same old problems
Open your eyes, you might see
If our lives were that simple
We’d live in the past
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me

If it takes all the future
We’ll live through the past
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me



Last Mango in Paris by Jimmy Buffett, Marshall Chapman, Will Jennings, and Michael Utley

“For all the living legends I’ve had the pleasure to know. There’s still so much to be done.” - Jimmy

I went down to Captain Tony’s to get out of the heat
When I heard a voice call out to me, “Son, come have a seat”
I had to search my memory as I looked into those eyes
Our lives change like the weather but a legend never dies

He said, “I ate the last mango in Paris
Took the last plane out of Saigon
Took the first fast boat to China
And Jimmy, there’s still so much to be done

I had a third world girl in Buzios
With a pistol in each hand
She always kept me covered
As we moved from land to land
I had a damn good run on wall street
With my high fashion model wife
Til I woke up dry beneath the African sky
Just me and my Swiss Army knife

I ate the last mango in Paris
Took the last plane out of Saigon
Took the first fast boat to China
And Jimmy there’s still so much to be done

We shot the breeze for hours
As the sun fell from the skies
And like the sun he disappeared before my very eyes
It was somewhere past dark-thirty
When I went back to the head
I read upon the dingy wall
The words the old man said

I ate the last mango in Paris
Took the last plane out of Saigon
Took the first fast boat to China
And Jimmy there’s still so much to be done

Why don’t we wander and follow la vie dansante


Jolly Mon Sing by Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, and Michael Utley

“Dolphins gliding along beneath the bow of the ship, effortlessly crossing the wake and doing flips, set off a big wave of jealousy. If we are supposed to be such smart people, why can’t we do that? It just goes to show that talking isn’t everything. I wrote the picture book version with my daughter, and we wanted to make it clear that humans can learn from animals, and the natural world has room for all of our needs-not just man’s.”

“There are times in this crazy world when I truly hope that somewhere somebody is living this made up life.” - Jimmy

There is a tale that the island people tell
Don’t care if it is true ’cause I love it so well
Jolly Mon sang for his supper every night
The people fed him well ’cause he treated them so right

Of Jolly Mon sing
Oh make Orion ring

And they wanted him to sing on the islands near and far
He always found his way by Orion the lucky star
He’d tell them of their joys, he’d tell them of their woes
They’d love to see him come and hate to see him go

Oh Jolly Mon sing
Oh make the music ring

He was making his way home on a dark and stormy night
When he heard a cry for help, he saw a flashing light
When he reached the other boat and offered him a hand
They said, “Give us all your cargo.” as they took a pirate stand

Oh Jolly Mon sing
Oh give them everything

“Jolly Mon it’s over - Sing your last song very well”
They tossed him in the ocean cause their hearts were made in hell
Came along a dolphin, he said, “Jolly Mon Hello”
“I’ve always loved your singing - climb on board and don’t let go”

Oh Jolly Mon sing
Oh make the oceans ring

The night was filled with magic as they bid the sea goodbye
They swam into the heavens and they stayed up in the sky
And all the island people when they wish upon a star
See the dolphin and the Jolly Mon who tell them where they are

Oh Jolly Mon sing
Oh make the heavens ring
Oh Jolly Mon sing
Oh make the magic ring


Beyond the End by Jimmy Buffett, Marshall Chapman, and Will Jennings

“We are a long way from anything,” I told him. “Up ahead turn left and we’re fifteen or twenty minutes from Cancun. Turn right and you’ve got a batch of sixty miles of nothing. SO who are we seeing, where is he and how do we get in touch.” - Travis McGee from THE LONELY SLIVER RAIN

Mayan moon was burning
We saw visions
Of the past returning
On the shore
The band was playing
We all heard
What the moon was saying

The world keeps closing in
It has before
It will again
A voice beyond the wind
Says we must go
Beyond the end
So follow
Beyond the end

A sea of friends are singing
Vaya con dios
Mis amigos
We take their hopes and feelings
To some new world
We’ll be revealing

Old worlds keep closing in
They have before
They will again
Voices call
Beyond the wind
Say we must go
Beyond the end
And follow
Beyond the end