Jimmy Buffett - Ballad of Spider John lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - Ballad of Spider John lyrics]
Spider John is my name, friend
I'm in between freights and I
Sure would be obliged
If you'd share your company
I know this may sound strange to you
But if you wait until the song
Is sung and the story's told
You might come to understand
Why I'm old and bent and devil-spent
Runnin' out of time
When I long ago held a royal flush in my hand
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pigeon
Robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit
Old Spider John the robber man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand
Takin' ransom
Then one day I met Diamond Lil
She was the sweetest thing i declare
That the summer breeze had ever blown my way
But Lily
She had no idea of my illustrious occupation
She thought I was a saint
Not a sinner gone astray but you see
That word got around and Lily left town
Never saw her again tossin' and turnin'
'causin' my heart to grieve
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pigeon
Robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit
Old Spider John the robber man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand
Takin' ransom
That is all my story
It's been these thirty years since
I took to the road
To find my precious jewel one
And if you see my Lily
Won't you give her my regards
Tell her old Spider got tangled in
The black web that he spun
You can tell her that Spider got tangled
The black web that he spun
I'm in between freights and I
Sure would be obliged
If you'd share your company
I know this may sound strange to you
But if you wait until the song
Is sung and the story's told
You might come to understand
Why I'm old and bent and devil-spent
Runnin' out of time
When I long ago held a royal flush in my hand
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pigeon
Robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit
Old Spider John the robber man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand
Takin' ransom
Then one day I met Diamond Lil
She was the sweetest thing i declare
That the summer breeze had ever blown my way
But Lily
She had no idea of my illustrious occupation
She thought I was a saint
Not a sinner gone astray but you see
That word got around and Lily left town
Never saw her again tossin' and turnin'
'causin' my heart to grieve
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pigeon
Robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues
Yes, I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit
Old Spider John the robber man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old Spider John with a loaded hand
Takin' ransom
That is all my story
It's been these thirty years since
I took to the road
To find my precious jewel one
And if you see my Lily
Won't you give her my regards
Tell her old Spider got tangled in
The black web that he spun
You can tell her that Spider got tangled
The black web that he spun