Jimmy Buffett - Trouble On The Horizon lyrics
[Jimmy Buffett - Trouble On The Horizon lyrics]
This is a song that started a
Long time ago back when there
Was just the water world there
Was this strange looking fish
That moved along the hidden currents
Of the deep dark ocean
He knew he was different because
He could sense there was
Something else in his nature he
Swam in circles for millions
Of years and one day he decided it
Was time to go up he
Was soon in the world of light
Where he remained a long time
Until his eyes allowed him to see
Color the world was no
Longer a dark place and he moved
Further up into the light
And one day before he knew it he
Was no longer in the water
World his head was above the surface
And he felt his gills
Turn into lungs and he said
"Ah shit! I'm an amphibian!"
Then he slowly swam towards
The shallow waters and
Marshes of the shore and one
Day he felt the ground
Beneath his feet there he gathered his wit's
Checked his balance
And stood erect and THAT'S when the
Trouble began!
Well the birds disappeared and the
Sky began to turn purple
From the skeleton coast to
The land of violins
Sailors prayed to the patron
Saint of lightening
"Please St barbara, save our miserable skins"
They say that God takes care of
Drunks and fools and children
That leaves the rest of
Us rummaging for alibis
But friends there's trouble
Trouble on the horizon
And it wears an inconspicuous disguise
You never see it coming
You never have a clue
But there's trouble on the horizon
Bubbling like a roux
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
There is trouble on the horizon
Waiting to perform
You gave us cigarettes, guns, and whiskey
And watch what happens
Then add a little nuclear
Fusion and some gasoline
We got trouble
Trouble right here in River City
Every day's becoming Halloween
We never see it coming we never have a clue
But there's trouble on the horizon
Waiting for the barbecue
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
There is trouble on the horizon
Waiting to perform
I've seen a spaceship built by Howard Hughes
I've been a witness to some strange taboos
I've seen a storm from deep inside the eye
Of hurricane don't lie hurricane's don't lie
In the hour of desperation
You'll cry like a baby
When it comes right down to merely molecules
Hell, you can pray to Jesus or
A flock of pink flamingos
But in the hour of desperation are the fools
I hope that all the greedy
Bastards in the world come back as lobsters
You know that life at the
Bottom of the food chain suit's them well
I think that all of the
Evil people of the world
Come back as horseflies
They want one last bite before
They're sent to hell
You better know it's coming
You've got to have a clue
There is trouble on the horizon
Bubbling like a roux
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
To keep trouble on the horizon
You got to stay informed
Trouble out there, ain't going no where
Trouble on the horizon
Trouble out there, ain't going no where
You got to trouble on the horizon
Trouble out there trouble out there
I see bad moon arising
Long time ago back when there
Was just the water world there
Was this strange looking fish
That moved along the hidden currents
Of the deep dark ocean
He knew he was different because
He could sense there was
Something else in his nature he
Swam in circles for millions
Of years and one day he decided it
Was time to go up he
Was soon in the world of light
Where he remained a long time
Until his eyes allowed him to see
Color the world was no
Longer a dark place and he moved
Further up into the light
And one day before he knew it he
Was no longer in the water
World his head was above the surface
And he felt his gills
Turn into lungs and he said
"Ah shit! I'm an amphibian!"
Then he slowly swam towards
The shallow waters and
Marshes of the shore and one
Day he felt the ground
Beneath his feet there he gathered his wit's
Checked his balance
And stood erect and THAT'S when the
Trouble began!
Well the birds disappeared and the
Sky began to turn purple
From the skeleton coast to
The land of violins
Sailors prayed to the patron
Saint of lightening
"Please St barbara, save our miserable skins"
They say that God takes care of
Drunks and fools and children
That leaves the rest of
Us rummaging for alibis
But friends there's trouble
Trouble on the horizon
And it wears an inconspicuous disguise
You never see it coming
You never have a clue
But there's trouble on the horizon
Bubbling like a roux
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
There is trouble on the horizon
Waiting to perform
You gave us cigarettes, guns, and whiskey
And watch what happens
Then add a little nuclear
Fusion and some gasoline
We got trouble
Trouble right here in River City
Every day's becoming Halloween
We never see it coming we never have a clue
But there's trouble on the horizon
Waiting for the barbecue
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
There is trouble on the horizon
Waiting to perform
I've seen a spaceship built by Howard Hughes
I've been a witness to some strange taboos
I've seen a storm from deep inside the eye
Of hurricane don't lie hurricane's don't lie
In the hour of desperation
You'll cry like a baby
When it comes right down to merely molecules
Hell, you can pray to Jesus or
A flock of pink flamingos
But in the hour of desperation are the fools
I hope that all the greedy
Bastards in the world come back as lobsters
You know that life at the
Bottom of the food chain suit's them well
I think that all of the
Evil people of the world
Come back as horseflies
They want one last bite before
They're sent to hell
You better know it's coming
You've got to have a clue
There is trouble on the horizon
Bubbling like a roux
You have to taste the weather
You've got to touch the storm
To keep trouble on the horizon
You got to stay informed
Trouble out there, ain't going no where
Trouble on the horizon
Trouble out there, ain't going no where
You got to trouble on the horizon
Trouble out there trouble out there
I see bad moon arising