Jimmy Buffett - Remittance Man lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - Remittance Man lyrics]
Sinner on the mainland
He's a sinner on the sea
He looks for absolution, not accountability
How many destinations, oh God
He's seen them all
He collects his precious pittance in
Every port of call
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man
A man of empty pockets
From jingling his change
The idleness and grieving are
All that he retains
By the harbor lights of Sydney
Or the Bora Bora moon
He recites his sad confession to
The seagulls and the loons
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man
Well, you could claim that you
Were born a prince
But you're the only one you can convince
Survivor with no livelihood that you
Could ever make it good
But still you dream of what you can pretend
An unexpected passenger boarded in Marseilles
An angel full of tenderness
She gave her heart away
She was but a gypsy, he was just a stray
They almost made a miracle
But it slowly slipped away
So he follows the equator with
A wish to run aground
It's a very vicious circle
Going round and round and round
And he watches from the fantail
As the mainland disappears
Just like the Flying Dutchman
He's a prisoner of his fears
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
No, they'll never understand
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man
He's a sinner on the sea
He looks for absolution, not accountability
How many destinations, oh God
He's seen them all
He collects his precious pittance in
Every port of call
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man
A man of empty pockets
From jingling his change
The idleness and grieving are
All that he retains
By the harbor lights of Sydney
Or the Bora Bora moon
He recites his sad confession to
The seagulls and the loons
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man
Well, you could claim that you
Were born a prince
But you're the only one you can convince
Survivor with no livelihood that you
Could ever make it good
But still you dream of what you can pretend
An unexpected passenger boarded in Marseilles
An angel full of tenderness
She gave her heart away
She was but a gypsy, he was just a stray
They almost made a miracle
But it slowly slipped away
So he follows the equator with
A wish to run aground
It's a very vicious circle
Going round and round and round
And he watches from the fantail
As the mainland disappears
Just like the Flying Dutchman
He's a prisoner of his fears
Remittance man
Black sheep of the family clan
Broke too many rules along the way
Remittance man, so far away from home
No, they'll never understand
No, they'll never understand
No, they'll never understand
The remittance man