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Death Of An Unpopular Poet
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Jimmy Buffett
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By: Jimmy Buffett
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1973
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I once knew a poet
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Who lived before his time
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He and his dog Spooner
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Would listen while he'd rhyme
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Words to make ya happy
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Words to make you cry
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Then one day the poet suddenly did die
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But he left behind a closet
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Filled with verse and rhyme
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And through some strange transaction
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One was printed in the Times
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And everybody's searchin'
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For the king of undergound
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Well they found him down in Florida
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With a tombstone for a crown
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Everybody knows a line
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From his book that cost four ninety-nine
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I wonder if he knows he's doin'
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Quite this fine
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'Cause his books are all best sellers
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And his poems were turned to song
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Had his brother on a talk show
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Though they never got along
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And now he's called immortal
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Yes he's even taught in school
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They say he used his talents
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A most proficient tool
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But he left all of his royalties
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To Spooner his ol' hound
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Growin' old on steak and bacon
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In a doghouse ten feet 'round
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And everybody wonders
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Did he really lose his mind
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No he was just a poet who lived before his time
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He was just a poet who lived before his time
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