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Jimmy Buffett |
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Miscellaneous |
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Coconut Telegraph |
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1980 |
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For the gang at the Fish House |
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Tuesday on the island |
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Not much goin' on |
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The parties are all over |
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They ended just past dawn |
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The jungle drums are beating |
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With the tales from late last night |
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'Cause stories bear repeating |
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For everyone's delight |
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Chorus: |
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You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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Can't keep nothin' under their hat |
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You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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Sayin' who did dis and dat |
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Dis and dat, Dis and dat |
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Now I'm not one to deal in gossip |
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But was he that big a fool |
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To do a belly-buster high dive |
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And miss the entire pool |
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And what became of sweet Melissa |
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And the boy nobody knew |
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Did Ricardo ever find her |
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I swear it's just between me and you |
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Chorus: |
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But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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By now everybody knows |
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You can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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Just who comes and goes |
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Comes and goes, comes and goes |
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La, la la la, la la la |
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La, la la la, la la la |
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La, la la la, (la la la la la la la) |
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La, la la la, (la la la la la la oooooh) |
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Ah! |
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It's hump day on the island |
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The lines have all gone dead |
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All the juicy news is history |
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I guess everything's been said |
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But when the eagle flies on Friday |
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And the boys break out the rum |
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And the joint begins to jumpin' |
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And you'll hear those hot lines hum |
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Chorus: |
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Ah, put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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All the celebration and the stress |
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Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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In twenty-five words or less |
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I want to hear it on the coconut telgraph (telegraph) |
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All the celebration and the stress |
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Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) |
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In twenty-five words or less |
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Dis and dat, Comes and goes |
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Dis and dat, Comes and goes |
