One Particular Harbour

California promises
By: steve goodman
1983
Beneath the moonlit sky
Shadows walk beside the water
Sad goodbye whispered on the shore
Hear those wind chimes play
They serenade the shadow lovers
Ring and fade away
Like california promises

I will never love another
Wait for me, 'til i return
But she never will
He waits for her beside the water
Faithful still
To california promises

(guitar solo)

I will never love another
Wait for me, 'til i return
Though she never will
He waits for her beside the water
Faithful still
To california promises

(guitar solo)

- notes:
Guitar solo: earl klugh
Background vocals: rita coolidge, david lasley, arnold mcculler

Twelve volt man
By: jimmy buffett
1983
For "nez" and baja bill at alphonsino's
I never got a grip on penmanship
Could never make the small "l's" flow
Seldom found the trick to arith-a-metic
Three plus two be faux, pas

But ask for some palm trees
Or tales from the south seas
And i just might turn your head

I never had the clout to knock one out
But hitting was the name of my game
Standing on third as the coaches conferred
Close to my first claim to fame

Just give me the steal sign
And i'll make home plate mine
And i just might turn some heads

Sometimes i may get a little drastic
Sometimes i just let my feelin's show
Sometimes i may be a bit sarcastic
Most times that's the way the story goes

(instrumental)

Now i now this joe down in mexico
He went there to work on his tan
For years he's been plugged into blenders and songs
They call him the twelve volt man

He don't need no charge card
Just give him a die hard
And he'll makes sparks fly 'round your head

Oh just ask for some palm trees
Or tales from the south seas
And i'll make sparks fly 'round your head
'round your head
In your head
In your head
In your head
In your head
In your head
In your head
In your head...

- notes:
Background vocals: timothy b. schmit

Distantly in love
By: jimmy buffett
1983
For jane and savannah jane
Payphones all were ringing as the crowd went roarin' by
Lovely dancers swayin' to an island lullaby
Beside the southern ocean taking stock of what's to be
Writing you this letter that you'll probably never see

Chorus:
But i can't help but be
Ruled by inconsistencies
Not unique just distantly in love

Tried to phone from paris thinking things could be arranged
Me and you would rendezvous but i found your number changed
So i drove to san remo where the crazy painter dwells
Toasted our old photograph still up there on his shelf

Chorus:
But i can't help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love

I can't be the one to fill
Your times and all your places
I can't be the one to fill
Your blanks and empty spaces

I heard it from a friend of ours i saw in timber bay
You had a new lover who had stolen you away
That could be the reason that i never got in touch
May present slight problems if he loves you half as much

Chorus:
As i who can't help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love
You know i can't help but be
Part of my own philosophies
Not unique just distantly in love

- notes:
Mandolin: josh leo

I use to have money one time
By: jimmy buffett, michael utley
1983
For harrison and hunter
I had cadillacs in my future
Debutantes in my past
I made a deal with the devil for a whole lotta money
Thinkin' it would last and last
But a fool and his money are bound to part
And what goes up must come down
Take my advice don't trust the roll of the dice
Keep your feet on solid ground

Chorus:
I used to have money one time
Life of adventure and crime
I used to have money one time
Lots of women and wine
But who's gonna tell a fool? who's gonna tell a fool?
Who's gonna tell a fool? that he ain't cool (he ain't cool!)

Now thems were hard times back in the eighties boy
People barely had enough to get by
Oh not me foot loose and fancy free
There was nothin' to myself i'd deny
But fellas listen to my story now
Though you have heard this tale before
Take care of your needs and watch out for you greeds
Or that wolf will be at your door

Chorus:
I used to have money one time
Life of adventure and crime
I used to have money one time
Now i ain't got a dime
But who's gonna be the fool? who's gonna be the fool?
Who's gonna be the fool? still ain't cool (it ain't cool)

Who's gonna tell a fool? who's gonna tell a fool?
Who's gonna tell a fool? still ain't cool (it ain't cool)

(jimmy used to have money one time)
(bubba used to have money one time)
(jimmy used to have money one time)
(bubba used to have money one time)
(jimmy used to have money one time)
(bubba used to have money one time)

- notes:
Background vocals: bonnie bramlett, rita coolidge, david lasley,
Arnold mcculler, debra mccoll, frank bama

We are the people our parents warned us about
By: jimmy buffett
1983
For ed polock
I was supposed to have been a jesuit priest or a naval academy grad
That was the way that my parents perceived me
Those were the plans that they had
But i couldn't fit the part too dumb or too smart
Ain't it funny how we all turned out
I guess we are the people our parents warned us about

You know i coulda worked the rigs when the money was big
Or hopped a freighter south to trinidad
And when they tried to draft me i earned a college degree
Buyin' time 'til things were not so bad
But then i got a guitar found a job in a bar
Playin' acid rock 'til i was numb
Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come

Chorus:
We are the people, they couldn't figure out
We are the people our parents warned us about

Hey hey, gardner mckay
Take us on the leaky tiki with you
Clear skies bound for shanghai
Sailing cross the ocean blue (do do do dooo)
So blue (do do do dooo oooh)
(do do do dooo)
(do do do dooo oooh)

Now i got quarters in my loafers tryin' to fight inflation
When it only used to take a cent
Sometimes i wish i was back in my crashpad days
'fore i knew what cash flow meant

Seems everybody's joggin' or heavy into health shit
Don't tell me that i ought to get rolfed
'cause i love cajun martinis and playin' afternoon golf

Chorus:
We are the people there isn't any doubt
We are the people they still can't figure out
We are the people who love to sing "twist and shout"
Shake it up baby

We are the people our parents warned us about (do do do dooo)
Id'n' any doubt (do do do dooo oooh)
Hey hey hey (do do do dooo)
Gardner mckay (do do do dooo, gardner mckay)
(do do do dooo)
I wanna sail away today (do do do dooo oooh)
Isn't any doubt (do do do dooo)
They warned us about (do do do dooo oooh)
Hey hey hey (do do do dooo)
C'mon now gardner mckay (do do do dooo oooh)
I wanna sail away today

- notes:
Background vocals: rita coolidge, david lasley, arnold mcculler

One particular harbour
By: jimmy buffett, bobby holcomb
1983
For marius skatelborough
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei

I know i don't get there often enough
But god knows i surely try
It's a magic kind of medicine
That no doctor could prescribe

I used to rule my world from a pay phone
Ships out on the sea
But now times are rough
And i got too much stuff
Can't explain likes of me

Chorus:
But there's this one particular harbour
So far but yet so near
Where i see the days as they fade away
And finally disappear

But now i think about the good times
Down in the caribbean sunshine
In my younger days i was so bad
Laughin' about all the fun we had

I seen enough to feel the world spin
Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins
Listen to the drummers and the night sounds
Listen to the singers make the world go 'round

(pan solo)

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei

Lakes below the mountain
Flow into the sea
Like oils applied to canvas
They permeate through me

And there's that one particular harbour
Sheltered from the wind
Where the children play on the shore each day
And all are safe within

Most mysterious calling harbour
So far but yet so near
I can see the day when my hair's full gray
And i finally disappear

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura (ua pau te maitai no te fenua)
E mea arofa teie ao nei

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei
Ia ora te natura (ua pau te maitai no te fenua)
E mea arofa teie ao nei, hey now, hey now, hey now

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei

Ua pau te maitai no te fenua [bounty of the land is exhausted]
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie [but there's still abundance in the sea]
Ua pau te maitai no te fenua
Te zai noa ra te ora o te mitie

- notes:
Background vocals: timothy b. schmit and the chorale epherona
Additional percussion and congas: errol "crusher" bennett
Pahue and toere drums: jimmy buffett, jim shea, and sam clayton (the
Boom boom boys)
Language is tahitian