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That's What Living is to Me
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By: Jimmy Buffett
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1988
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I would like to thank J.D. Souther for the book, Harry Belafonte for the early inspiration and Mark Twain for taking the trip long ago.
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-- Spoken:
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"Back toward the turn of the century, you know, Mark Twain took a trip around the world on a steamship and he wrote a book called 'Following the Equator'. And the opening page has a dedication that says, 'Be good, and you will be lonesome,' which for me, still seems to work in the fabulous eighties."
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Jason Mason hears the sound
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The whistle blows in Congo town
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And the mail boat's in, mail boat's in
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Brings him things from oh so far
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Old magazines and Snicker bars
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A simple man, a simple plan
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The world's too big to understand
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Chorus:
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Be good and you will be lonesome
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Be lonesome and you will be free
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Live a lie and you will live to regret it
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That's what livin' is to me
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That's what livin' is to me
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On a timeless beach in Hispaniola
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Young girl sips a diet cola
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She's worlds apart, worlds apart
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Spirit of the black king still
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Reverberates through Haitian hills
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He rules the sea and all the fish
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What if he had a TV dish?
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Chorus:
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Be good and you will be lonesome
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Be lonesome and you will be free
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Live a lie and you will live to regret it
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That's what livin' is to me
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That's what livin' is to me
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Now in the far off regions the foreign legion
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Keep the thieves and the predators at bay
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While closer to home some bad boys still roam
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The streets aren't safe so give it one more day
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One more day
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One more day
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Stories from my favorite books
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Still take on many different looks
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And I'm gone again, home again
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The time has come the walrus said
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And little oysters hide their head
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My Twain of thought is loosely bound
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I guess it's time to Mark this down
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Chorus:
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Be good and you will be lonesome
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Be lonesome and you will be free
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Live a lie and you will live to regret it
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That's what livin' is to me
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That's what livin' is to me
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That's what livin' is to me
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That's what livin' is to me
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-- Spoken:
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"Thank you, Mark."
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