Last Mango In Paris
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By: Jimmy Buffett, Marshall Chapman, Will Jennings, Michael Utley
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1985
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"For all the living legends I've had the pleasure to know. There's
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still so much to be done."
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I went down to Captain Tony's
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To get out of the heat
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Then I heard a voice call out to me
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"Son come have a seat"
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I had to search my memory
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As I looked into those eyes
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Our lives change like the weather
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But a legend never dies
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Chorus:
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He said I ate the last mango in Paris
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Took the last plane out of Saigon
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Took the first fast boat to China
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And Jimmy there's still so much to be done
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I had a third world girl in Buzios
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With a pistol in each hand
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She always kept me covered
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As we moved from land to land
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I had a damn good run on Wall Street
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With my high fashion model wife
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I woke up dry beneath the African sky
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Just me and my Swiss Army knife
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Chorus:
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I ate the last mango in Paris
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Took the last plane out of Saigon
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Took the first fast boat to China
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And Jimmy there's still so much to be done
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We shot the breeze for hours
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As the sun fell from the sky
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And like the sun he disappeared
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Before my very eyes
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It was somewhere past dark-thirty
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And I went back to the head
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I read upon the dingy wall
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The words the old man said:
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I ate the last mango in Paris
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Took the last plane out of Saigon
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Took the first fast boat to China
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And Jimmy there's still so much to be done
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I ate the last mango in Paris
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Took the last plane out of Saigon
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Took the first fast boat to China
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And Jimmy there's still so much to be done
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That's why we wander and follow La Vie Dansante
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- Notes:
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Background Vocals: Timothy B. Schmit
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Last Mango In Paris (In Album Last Mango In Paris)
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| Jimmy Buffett |
