Jimmy Buffett – Off To See The Lizard (Guitar)

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I was raised by a maid who came from Martini que

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She wore geckos around her neck and bracelets on her feet

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A superstitious woman from the land of sugar cane

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She'd sing the sun to bed and dance out in the rain

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Dance out, dance out, dance out in the rain

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She'd excite us with a legend that the Africans told

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About a red iguanna who turned lava into gold

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We'd mount an expedition heading up into the bay

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Superstitious children playing pirate for the day

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Off to see the lizard

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Off to see the lizard

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Deja deja deja vu

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Be lieve it and it will come true

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Veja veja veja du

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What works for me might work for you

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Being rich an famous seems to have its ups and downs

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But that's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns

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Godzilla's halitosis it be vaporizing cars

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Elvis up in Michigan or maybe out on Mars

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Dance out, dance out, dance out to the stars

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But living in the briar patch ain't what it appears

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Sooner or later you've got to face your fears

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I heard it from the parrot verba lizing in the tree

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I heard in the songline of the aborig ine

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Off to see the lizard

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Off to see the lizard

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Deja deja deja vu

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Be lieve it and it will come true

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Veja veja veja du

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What works for me might work for you

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Does it work for me? (yeah, yeah)

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Will it work for you? (yeah, yeah)

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If you be lieve it will (yeah, yeah)

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It will come true (yeah, yeah)

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I got problems with my brain underneath my curls

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Problems with Loraine and all the other girls

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Love a wealthy woman and the pretty plane she flys

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If you think this sounds confusing you should see it through my eyes

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Dancing, dancing, dancing through my eyes

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I'm turning off the waterfall the tourists can go home

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I feel it time to travel take time to write a poem

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Time to seek some therapy I'm going walka bout

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Answers are the easy part, questions raise the doubt

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Off to see the lizard

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Off to see the lizard

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Deja deja deja vu

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Be lieve it and it will come true

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Veja veja veja du

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What works for me might work for you

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Deja deja deja vu

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Be lieve it and it will come true

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Veja veja veja du

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What works for me might work for you