Calaloo - Jimmy Buffett

Calaloo, Strange Calaloo

Mysterious curious roux

Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo

Sooner or later we’re all in the stew

From here in my kitchen

I watch the whole seen

Life on dis island 's

A unique cuisine

It simmers and bubbles

And looks quite routine

Till somebody spill all da beans

Calaloo, Strange Calaloo

Mysterious curious roux

Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo

Sooner or later we’re all in the stew

Night after night

On dat terrace out der

Plays a melodrama

Could equal Shakesphere

Dey may tell theirself

Dat somehow dey are not

Best take it from me

We’re all in the same pot

Calaloo, Strange Calaloo

Mysterious curious roux

Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo

Sooner or later we’re all in the stew

Bridge:

Hey Hey Sheila, Hey Hey Sheila

Hey Hey Sheila, what’s in dat calaloo

Hey Sheila tell us, Hey Sheila tell us

Hey Hey Sheila, What’s in that calaloo

We got Crab and pig tell

Squid ink and fish scale

Okra and dasheen leaves

Chitchat and chatter

Fill up the platter

With a garnish of pure make believe

Calaloo, Strange Calaloo

Mysterious and curious roux

Though some might think somehow they are not

Make no mistake we’re all in the same pot

Take it from me this is no Camelot