
Date of issue: 31.12.1973
Record label: Universal Music
Song language: English
Migration |
Whoa, lookin' back at my background |
Tryin' to figure out how I ever got here |
Some things are still a mystery to me |
While others are much too clear |
I’m just livin' in the sunshine |
Stay contented most of the time |
Yeah listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and Willis |
Sing me their Texas rhymes |
Most of the people who retire in Florida |
Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch |
And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys |
I hate those bastards so much |
I wish a summer squall would blow them all |
The way up to fantasy land |
Yeah they’re ugly and square, they don’t belong here |
They looked a lot better as beer cans |
Yeah, and that’s why it’s still a mystery to me |
Why some people live like they do |
So many nice things happenin' out there |
They never even seen the clues |
Whoa but we’re doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme |
I know we been doin' our part |
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control |
And some Texas hidden here in my heart |
Well now I might have joined the Merchant Marine |
If I hadn’t learned how to sing |
And on top of all that I got married too early |
'Cost me much more than a ring |
But now those crazy days are over |
Just gotta learn from the wrong things you done |
I came off the rebound, started lookin' around |
Figured out it’s time to have a little fun |
Yeah, and that’s why it’s still a mystery to me |
Why some people live like they do |
So many nice things happenin' out there |
They never even seen the clues |
Whoa but we’re doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme |
I know we been doin' our part |
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control |
And some Texas hidden here in my heart |
Well now if I ever live to be an old man |
I’m gonna sail down to Martinique |
I’m gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit |
And an African parakeet |
And then I’ll sit him on my shoulder |
And open up my trusty old mind |
I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss |
And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine |
Yeah, and that’s why it’s still a mystery to me |
Why some people live like they do |
So many nice things happenin' out there |
They never even seen the clues |
Yeah but we’re doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme |
I know we been doin' our part |
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control |
And some Texas hidden here in my heart |
Yeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely control |
And some Texas hidden here in my heart |
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