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Somewhere Over China
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By: Jimmy Buffett
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1981
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For the Crazy Flying Tigers
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Just a semi-normal person
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Thought he had the future planned
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Then he won some silly sweepstakes
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Now he had a hundred grand
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Never stopped to think of taxes
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He was gone before they knew
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With a flair for ol' romantics
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To the Orient he flew
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When they fueled in Papeete
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Placed a call to Big Mamou
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With an honest explanation
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Just to tell the whole damn truth
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It's his one chance in a million
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Who'd deny the simple fact
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'Twas no use to talk it over
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He'd be home when he got back
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Chorus:
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Now he's somewhere over China
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Lookin' down on all the trails
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On the mountains lookin' back at him
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It's a real live fairy tale
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Put a little distance
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Between causes and effects
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Like a day old fortune cookie
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Askin' who or what comes next
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What the hell did Marco Polo think
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When he ran into the wall
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Or the crazy Flying Tigers
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Doin' spins and loops and stalls
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Just a taste for somethin' different
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Perking up a borin' day
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Now our man from Louisiana
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Feels exactly the same way
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Chorus:
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They're all somewhere over China
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Shanghai or old Peking
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On a plane or a boat in an envelope
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Real adventure has its ring
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Just to put a little distance
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Between fact and fantasy
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Still six thousand miles away from
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Where I'd really rather be
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How I would love to drive the shuttle
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Just to feel the engines roar
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And to operate the levers
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That control the payload doors
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I could buzz the Himalayas
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Barrel roll above Hong Kong
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Set her down in San Francisco
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To the clangin' of a gong
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Chorus:
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We're all somewhere over China
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Headin' east or headin' west
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Takin' time to live a little
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Flyin' so far from the nest
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Just to put a little distance
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Between causes and effects
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Like an ancient fortune teller
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Knowin' who and what comes next
Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band ...
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