Song | Death of an Unpopular Poet |
Artist | Jimmy Buffett |
Album | Encores: Live |
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作词 : Buffett | |
Lyrics:Jimmy Buffett Music:Jimmy Buffett | |
I once knew a poet who lived before his time | |
He and his dog Spooner would listen as he'd rhyme | |
Words to make you happy and words to make you cry | |
And then one day the poet suddenly did die. | |
But he left behind a closet filled with verse and rhymes | |
And through some strange transaction | |
One was printed in the Times | |
And everybody's searching for the king of underground | |
They found him down in Florida with a tombstone for a crown. | |
And everybody knows a line from his books that cost $4.99 | |
I wonder if he knows he's doin' quite this fine. | |
'Cause his books are all best sellers and his poems were turned to song | |
They had his brother on a talk show though they never got along | |
And now he's called immortal, yes, he's even taught in school | |
They say he used his talents, a most proficient tool. | |
But he left all of his royalties to Spooner his old hound | |
Growing old on steak and bacon in his doghouse ten feet 'round | |
And everybody wonders did he really lose his mind | |
No, he was just a poet who lived before his time | |
Yes, he was just a poet who lived before his time. |
zuo ci : Buffett | |
Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Music: Jimmy Buffett | |
I once knew a poet who lived before his time | |
He and his dog Spooner would listen as he' d rhyme | |
Words to make you happy and words to make you cry | |
And then one day the poet suddenly did die. | |
But he left behind a closet filled with verse and rhymes | |
And through some strange transaction | |
One was printed in the Times | |
And everybody' s searching for the king of underground | |
They found him down in Florida with a tombstone for a crown. | |
And everybody knows a line from his books that cost 4. 99 | |
I wonder if he knows he' s doin' quite this fine. | |
' Cause his books are all best sellers and his poems were turned to song | |
They had his brother on a talk show though they never got along | |
And now he' s called immortal, yes, he' s even taught in school | |
They say he used his talents, a most proficient tool. | |
But he left all of his royalties to Spooner his old hound | |
Growing old on steak and bacon in his doghouse ten feet ' round | |
And everybody wonders did he really lose his mind | |
No, he was just a poet who lived before his time | |
Yes, he was just a poet who lived before his time. |
zuò cí : Buffett | |
Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Music: Jimmy Buffett | |
I once knew a poet who lived before his time | |
He and his dog Spooner would listen as he' d rhyme | |
Words to make you happy and words to make you cry | |
And then one day the poet suddenly did die. | |
But he left behind a closet filled with verse and rhymes | |
And through some strange transaction | |
One was printed in the Times | |
And everybody' s searching for the king of underground | |
They found him down in Florida with a tombstone for a crown. | |
And everybody knows a line from his books that cost 4. 99 | |
I wonder if he knows he' s doin' quite this fine. | |
' Cause his books are all best sellers and his poems were turned to song | |
They had his brother on a talk show though they never got along | |
And now he' s called immortal, yes, he' s even taught in school | |
They say he used his talents, a most proficient tool. | |
But he left all of his royalties to Spooner his old hound | |
Growing old on steak and bacon in his doghouse ten feet ' round | |
And everybody wonders did he really lose his mind | |
No, he was just a poet who lived before his time | |
Yes, he was just a poet who lived before his time. |