Jimmy Buffett - Altered Boy lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - Altered Boy lyrics]
Aloha, you know, some people ask me
"Jimmy, where do you come up with those
Ideas for some of those songs?"
Well, this particular song got
It's initial inspiration
From a visit to the Tonga Room
In the beautiful Fairmont Hotel
In San Francisco for those of you who may be
Geographically-impaired, San Francisco is
In California, the gateway to the Pacific
And if you look out across the Golden Gate
Bridge to those beautiful and tranquil waters
You can imagine that in the
Thousands of islands that dot
The surface of the Pacific from
California to Hong Kong
Somewhere out there, there are still bands
Who play music like this and just can't stop
Oh no, he's buying an island
Oh no, he's building a boat
Why does he never stop smiling?
Fun surrounds him like a deep moat
Where does he get all those stories?
How can he tell such a lie?
He's bound to see purgatory
His views are in short supply
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
Good God, he's talking with parrots
Painting his dreams in the sand
Piling up beaucoup demerit's
Doing it just 'cause he can
By Jove, he's having a cocoa
Evading those judgmental eyes
Calmly walking his tight rope
High above all the outcries
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
The story goes he stumbled at the alter
Now it seems he just blasphemes
And dwells with danger's daughter
Someone call the talking doctor
Somebody get a SWAT team
There he sit's getting away with murder
How dare him live out his dreams
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
Oh no, he's sailing today
Oh no, beware Paraguay oh no, anchors aweigh
Oh no excuse me, waiter
Do you think I could have another
One of those Singapore slings? Mahalo
Oh no, anchors aweigh they just can't stop
"Jimmy, where do you come up with those
Ideas for some of those songs?"
Well, this particular song got
It's initial inspiration
From a visit to the Tonga Room
In the beautiful Fairmont Hotel
In San Francisco for those of you who may be
Geographically-impaired, San Francisco is
In California, the gateway to the Pacific
And if you look out across the Golden Gate
Bridge to those beautiful and tranquil waters
You can imagine that in the
Thousands of islands that dot
The surface of the Pacific from
California to Hong Kong
Somewhere out there, there are still bands
Who play music like this and just can't stop
Oh no, he's buying an island
Oh no, he's building a boat
Why does he never stop smiling?
Fun surrounds him like a deep moat
Where does he get all those stories?
How can he tell such a lie?
He's bound to see purgatory
His views are in short supply
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
Good God, he's talking with parrots
Painting his dreams in the sand
Piling up beaucoup demerit's
Doing it just 'cause he can
By Jove, he's having a cocoa
Evading those judgmental eyes
Calmly walking his tight rope
High above all the outcries
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
The story goes he stumbled at the alter
Now it seems he just blasphemes
And dwells with danger's daughter
Someone call the talking doctor
Somebody get a SWAT team
There he sit's getting away with murder
How dare him live out his dreams
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his sleight hand
He such an altered boy
Oh no, he's sailing today
Oh no, beware Paraguay oh no, anchors aweigh
Oh no excuse me, waiter
Do you think I could have another
One of those Singapore slings? Mahalo
Oh no, anchors aweigh they just can't stop