Book on the Shelf - Jimmy Buffett

Well, I hope you have fun splashin' in the slack tide

Unchaperoned over on the flip side

I write what I know about, made up or true

These songs aren’t for me, they’re for you

Memories like meteors fly through my head

The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red

Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still

Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill

Ooh, I know these stories were all lived before me

Still, I got a couple that I’ll keep to myself

I’m so damn lucky to have an all-star cast

Some lovely, some crazy, whoever thought this would last?

You know if I hadn’t lived it, I’d read it myself

Tellin' tall tales is still good for my health

Keep movin', and listenin', and amusin' myself

I’m not ready to put the book on the shelf

We all live some days vicariously

Blinded by all the light we cannot see

Handed down stories, cave walls to pens

Worth tellin' again and again

I call these modalities great power tubes

Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools

We’re descending from court jesters, quite sure of that

Could you kindly pass around the hat?

And I know these stories were sailed way before me

Toss a note in a bottle and hope that it helps

I’m so damn lucky to have an all-star crew

Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin' through

I guess music and lyrics are what I do best

I’m all done explaining or passin' some test

So pour me another, it’s good for my health

I’m not ready to put the book on the shelf

I’ll keep scribblin' on pages, not jumpin' off stages

Not ready to put the book on the shelf