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Banana Republics
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Jimmy Buffett
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By: Steve Goodman, Jim Rothermel, Steve Burgh
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1977
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Down to the Banana Republics, down to the tropical sun
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Go the expatriated Americans, hopin' to find some fun
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Some of them go for the sailing, caught by the lure of the sea
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Tryin' to find what is ailing, livin' in the land of the free
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Some of them are running from lovers, leaving no foreward address
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Some of them are running tons of ganja
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Some are running from the I.R.S.
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Chorus:
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Late at night you will find them
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In the cheap hotels and bars
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Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars
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Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime
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Singin' give me some words I can dance to
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Or a melody that rhymes
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First you learn the native customs
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soon a word of spanish or two
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You know that you cannot trust them
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'Cause they know they can't trust you
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Expatriated Americans feelin' so all alone
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Telling themselves the same lies
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That they told themselves back home
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Down to the Banana Republics, things aren't as warm as they seem
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None of the natives are buying any second-hand American dreams
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Chorus:
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Late at night you will find them
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In the cheap hotels and bars
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Hustling the senioritas while they dance beneath the stars
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Spending those renegade pesos on a bottle of rum and a lime
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Singin' give me some words I can dance to
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Or a melody that rhymes
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Down to the Banana Republics, down to the tropical sun
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Go the expatriated Americans hopin' to find some fun
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett
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