Buffett, Jimmy - Cowboy In The Jungle Lyrics






There's a cowboy in the jungle
And he looks so out of place
With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap Cheroots
And his skin as white as paste

Headin' south to Paraguay
Where the gauchos sing and shout
Now he's stuck in Porto Bello
Since his money all ran out
So he hangs out with the sailors
Night and day they're raisin' hell
And his original destination's just another
Story that he loves to tell

With no plans for the future
He still seems in control
From a bronco ride to a ten foot tide
He just had to learn to roll

Roll with the punches
Play all of his hunches
Made the best of whatever came his way
What he lacked in ambition
He made up with intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may

Steel band in the distance
And their music floats across the bay
While American women in muumuus
Talk about all the things they did today
And their husbands quack about fishing
As they slug those rum drinks down
Discussing who caught what
And who sat on his butt
But it's the only show in town

They're tryin' to drink all the punches
They all may lose their lunches
Tryin' to cram lost years into five or six days
Seems that blind ambition erased their intuition
Plowin' straight ahead come what may

I don't want to live on that kind of island
No, I don't want to swim in a roped off sea
Too much for me, too much for me
I've got to be where the wind and the water are free

Alone on a midnight passage
I can count the falling stars
While the Southern Cross and the satellites
They remind me of where we are
Spinning around in circles
Living it day to day
And still twenty four hours, maybe sixty good years
It's really not that long a stay

We've gotta roll with the punches
Learn to play all of our hunches
Makin' the best of whatever comes your way
Forget that blind ambition
And learn to trust your intuition
Plowin' straight ahead come what may
And there's a cowboy in the jungle





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    Majestic album

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    To any1
    Can rythem b taught?????

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    I have requested to my best friend that he play this at my funeral, should I pass before he. This song sums up so much of how I think I have tried my hand at this world. Thank you Jimmy Buffett, for all the songs that seem to carry so many of us.

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    well spoken friend

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    damn. i just told my daughter the same 5 minutes ago!

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    Wow I'm moved

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    Funny how Paraguay doesn’t have a port on the ocean. If you meet a Paraguayan do not mention that by the way, it’s still a sore subject for them (look up the War of the Triple Alliance. Basically Paraguay wanted access to the ocean but Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina ganged up on them. Paraguay lost a good percentage of men during that time and even now are trying to bounce back)

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    Mike Wilson I think the idea is that he never made it to Paraguay.

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    Mike Wilson interesting facts nonetheless!

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    Think the port he's talking about is in Brazil (porto belo) , "headed to Paraguay..stuck in Porto Belo".

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    @Gene Sanchez There is also one in Panama, so maybe that old cowboy didn't get real close to Paraguay!

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    Great song! One of my favorite song by Buffet.

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    Plow in straight ahead, come what may!

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    This is life and lessons beyond.

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    You ain't kiddin'.

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    @Christopher Roth I have seen him in concert 6 times and the only time he played this song was the last time I saw him in 1990.