
Date of issue: 26.11.2020
Record label: Mailboat
Song language: English
Love in the Library |
On the corner of Government and Bay Avenue |
The old doomsday fanatic wore a crown of kudzu |
Sirens where wailing in the gulf coastal heat |
And it seemed like the whole world was in forced retreat |
I paid no attention, revolved through the door |
Passed the newspaper rack on the worn marble floor |
Near civil war history my heart skipped a beat |
She was standing on fiction stretched high on bare feet |
Love in the library, quiet and cool |
Love in the library, there are no rules |
Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime |
I fell in love in the library once upon a time |
I was the pirate and she was the queen |
Sir Francis and Elizabeth the best there’s ever been |
Then she strolled past my table and stopped at the stairs |
Then sent me a smile as she reached for Flaubert |
She gathered her books, walked while she read |
Words never spoken but so much was said |
You can read all you want into this rendezvous |
But it’s safer than most things that lovers can do |
Well stories have endings and fantasies fade |
The guard by the door starts drawing the shade |
So write your own ending and hope they come true |
For the lovers and strangers on Bay Avenue |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Knee Deep ft. Jimmy Buffett | 2010 |
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere ft. Jimmy Buffett | 2006 |
Margaritaville | 1992 |
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die ft. Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow | 2020 |
A Pirate Looks At Forty | 1992 |
Playin' the Loser Again ft. Bill Withers | 2018 |
Cheeseburger In Paradise | 1992 |
License to Chill ft. Kenny Chesney | 2018 |
Christmas Island | 1995 |
Who's The Blonde Stranger? | 1992 |
My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink And I Don't Love Jesus | 1975 |
Come Monday | 1992 |
Why Don't We Get Drunk | 1992 |
One Particular Harbour | 1992 |
Scarlet Begonias | 2018 |
Fins | 1992 |
Brown Eyed Girl | 1992 |
La Vie Dansante | 1986 |
Go Cubs Go ft. Steve Goodman | 2017 |
School Boy Heart | 1995 |