Changes In Latitudes Changes I

By: jimmy buffett
1977
Now what would they do if i just sailed away
Who the hell really compelled me to leave today
Runnin' low on stories of what made it a ball
What would they do if i made no landfall

I lived half my life in an eight by five room
Just crusin' to the sound of the big diesel boom
It's not close quarters that would make me snap
It's just dealing with the daily unadulterated crap

Chorus:
Sail away, for a month at a time
Sail away, i've got to restart my mind
And you'll find me back at it again

Oh, i love the smell of fresh snapper fried light
What you say pouilly-fusse to round out the night
The mid-morning watch is the best time to look
Oh, what would they do if i wrote the big book

'cause i've seen incredible things in my years
Some days were laughter and others were tears
If i had it all to do over again
I'd just get myself drunk and i'd jump right back in

Chorus:
Sail away, that's the way i survive
Sail away, that's just no shuck and jive
It just makes my whole life come alive

The wind whistles through the cold riggin' at night
Crazy crowds boogie to the sounds and the lights
Bums down in capo's he's just havin' a ball
What would he do on another landfall
What would they do if i made no landfall
Oh, what would they do if i flew to nepal
What would i do if i met lucille ball
I'm tryin' to make a little sense of it all
Just tryin' to make a little sense of it all

By: jesse winchester
19??
Down around biloxi
Pretty girls are swimmin' in the sea
They all look like sisters in the ocean
Boy will fill his pale with salty water
And the storms will blow from off towards new orleans

The sun shines on biloxi
The air is filled with vapors from the sea
The boy will dig a pool beside the ocean
He sees creatures from his dreams underwater
And the sun will set from off towards new orleans

Stars can see biloxi
Stars can find their faces in the sea
We are walking down beside the ocean
We are splashing naked in the water
And the sky is red from off towards new orleans

By: johnathan baham
1977
Drink it up, this one's for you
It's been a lovely cruise
I'm sorry it's ending, oh it's sad, but it's true
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise

Chorus:
These moments we're left with
May you always remember
These moments are shared by few
There's wind in our hair and there's water in our shoes
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise

-- spoken: "so let's cruise darlin'"

Chorus:
Ohhh, these moments we're left with
May you always remember
These moments are shared by few
And those harbor lights, lord, they're coming into view
We'll bid our farewells much too soon
So drink it up, this one's for you
Honey, it's been a lovely cruise
Yeah baby, it's been a lovely cruise
Oh darlin', it's been a lovely cruise

By: jimmy buffett and greg taylor
1977
I guess it all blew up in missoula
There just was no other way
After months of goin' crazy, there was nothin' left to say
But when the dust had finally settled
And the air had quickly cleared
Whoa, things were better off than i had feared

Chorus:
And i, miss you so badly, girl i love you madly
Feelin' so sad now since i been gone, gone, gone
It gets quite confusin', it seems that i'm loosin'
Track of the long days since i been home

We're stayin' in a holiday inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician's stories
And get drunk on tuborg beer
Then they're off to catch a stripper
With their eyes glued to her "g"
But i don't think that i would ever let 'em cut on me

Chorus:
And i, miss you so badly, girl i love you madly
I think i've been had though for stayin' so long, long, long
And i'm, just watchin' the gong show, waitin' for zoro
Losin' the long days since i been home

I got a head full of feelin' higher
And an ear full of patsy cline
There is just no one who can touch her
Hell, i'll hang on every line
Oh, crazy how things happen, it's incredible but true
The longer i'm gone the closer i feel to you

Chorus:
And i, miss you so badly, girl i love you madly
I'm feelin' so glad just to be headin' home, home, home
I've been, battlin' motel maids, and chewin' on rolaids
Countin' the hours till i get home
Whoa i been, countin' the hours till i get home

By: jimmy buffett
1977
Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they're beginnin' to boil

Chorus:
Wastin' away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But i know it's nobody's fault

I don't know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin' to show but this brand new tattoo
But it's a real beauty
A mexican cutie
How it got here i haven't a clue

Chorus:
Wastin' away again in margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
Now i think
Hell, it could be my fault

I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there's booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on

Wastin' away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame
But i know it's my own damn fault
Yes and some people claim that there's a woman to blame
And i know it's my own damn fault