Life is Just a Tire Swing
Jimmy Buffett

I remember the smell of the creosote plant,

When we'd have to eat on Easter with my

Crazy old uncle and aunt.

They lived in a big house Ante Bellum style,

And the wind would blow across the old bayou,

And I was a tranquil little child.

Life was just a tire swing.

'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing.

Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken,

And I never knew a thing about pain.

Life was just a tire swing.

In a few summers my folks packed me off to camp;

Yeah, me and my cousin' Baxter

In our pup tent with a lamp.

And in a few days Baxter went home,

And he left me by myself.

And I knew that I'd stay, it was better that way,

And I could get along without any help.

Life was just a tire swing.

And I've never been west of New Orleans

Nor east of Pensacola.

My only contact with the outside

World was a n RCA Victrola.

Elvis would sing and then I'd dream about

Expensive cars, and who would've figured twenty

Years later I'd be rubbing shoulders with the stars.

Life was just a tire swing.

'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing.

Chasin' after sparrows with rubber tip arrows,

Knowin' I could never hurt a thing,

And life was just a tire swing.

Then the other morning on some Illinois road

I fell asleep at the wheel,

But was quickly wakened up by a 'Ma Bell'

Telephone pole, and a bunch of Grant Wood

Faces screaming, 'Is he still alive?'

But through the window could see

It hangin' from a tree, and I knew

I had survived.

Life was just a tire swing.

Jambalaya's still the best song that I can sing.

Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken,

And I finally learned a lot about pain,

'cause life is just a tire swing.


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