Cowboy In The Jungle
By Jimmy Buffett
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There's a cowboy in the jungle
Am
And he looks so out of place
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With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap cheroots
CDG
And his skin as white as paste
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Headin' south to Paraguay
Am
Where the Gauchos sing and shout
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Now he's stuck in Porto Bello
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Since his money all ran out
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So he hangs out with the sailors
Am
Night and day they're raisin' hell
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And his original destination's
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Just another story that he loves to tell
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With no plans for the future
Am
He still seems in control
CDG
He just had to learn to roll
Chorus:
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Roll with the punches
CDG
Played all of his hunches
CGD
Made the best of whatever came his way
CDG
What he lacked in ambition
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He made up with intuition
CDG
Plowin' straight ahead come what may
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Steel band in the distance
Am
And their music floats across the bay
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While American women in moomoos
CDG
Talk about all the things they did today
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And their husbands quack about fishing
Am
As they slug those rum drinks down
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Discussing who caught what and who sat on his butt
CDG
But it's the only show in town
Chorus:
CDG
They're tryin' to drink all the punches
CDG
They all may lose their lunches
CGD
Tryin' to cram lost years into five or six days
CDG
Seems that blind ambition
CDEm
Erased their intuition
CDG
Plowin' straight ahead come what may
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But I don't want to live on that kind of island
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No I don't want to swim in a roped-off sea
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Too much for me, too much for me
CDG
I've got to be where the wind and the water are free
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Alone on a midnight passage
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I can count the falling stars
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While the Southern Cross and the satellites
CDG
They remind me of where we are
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Spinning around in circles
Am
Living it day to day
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And still twenty four hours may be sixty good years
CDG
It's really not that long a stay
CDG
We've gotta roll with the punches
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Learn to play all of our hunches
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Make the best of whatever comes your way
CDG
Forget that blind ambition
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And learn to intuition
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Plowin' straight ahead come what may
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And there's a cowboy in the jungle
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