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Just An Old Truth Teller
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Jimmy Buffett
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Lester Atlas, a crude, very rich corporate raider, traps Norman in the Caribbean dream by offering to buy the hotel for him, and then welshing on the deal when Norman can no long back out. He is a despicable but somehow lovable rogue, who in his own mind is a magnanimous, misunderstood benefactor of humanity. What other people call corporate raiding, he explains, telling the truth in business matters. Why Jimmy decided to give him a song with a tango rhythm and a klezmer trill I don't know, but it works.
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I'm just an old truth teller
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I'm your candid friend
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I'm not some daydream seller
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I do not pretend
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I've a sense of survival
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And screwing my rivals
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That's labeled me crossed and uncouth
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But I can't help it I just tell the truth
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He can't help it, he just tells the truth
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I'm just an old truth teller
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Brutally direct
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I see it eye for eye
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I'm rarely incorrect
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Why call me a sharp trader
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A corporate raider
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I'm a role model for today's youth
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It's so simple, I just tell the truth
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He can't help it, he just tells the truth
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Bridge:
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Why was I born to be right all the time
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In deal after deal after deal
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Foiling those sharks that are circling my penthouse
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Hoping to make a meal
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No good deed goes unpunished
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Nothing goes as planed
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My ingrate family left me
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I don't understand
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Where's your wife?
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In Alaska
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Any sons?
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In Nebraska
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And my daughter milks cows in Duluth
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I can't help it, I just tell the truth
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Ohh he can't help it, he just sells it
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he can't help, he just tells it
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I can't help, I just tell the truth
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