《Far Side of the World (In the Style of Jimmy Buffett)》歌词

[00:00:00] Far Side of the World - The Hit Co. (热歌公司)

[00:00:20] Ramadan is over,

[00:00:23] The new moon's shown her face,

[00:00:25] I'm halfway round the planet,

[00:00:28] In a most unlikely place.

[00:00:31] Following my song line

[00:00:33] Past bamboo shacks and shops

[00:00:35] Behind a jitney packed like sardines,

[00:00:38] With bananas piled on top.

[00:00:42] I ran away from politics,

[00:00:44] It's too bizarre at home.

[00:00:47] Away I flew, tuned into Blue

[00:00:49] "Maybe Amsterdam or Rome"

[00:00:52] Awakened by a stewardess,

[00:00:54] With Spain somewhere below.

[00:00:57] On the threshold of adventure,

[00:00:59] God I do love this job so.

[00:01:02] So while I make my move

[00:01:05] On the big board game

[00:01:08] Up and down a Spanish highway,

[00:01:11] Some things remain the same.

[00:01:13] Girls meet boys

[00:01:15] And the boys tease girls

[00:01:19] I'm heading out this morning,

[00:01:22] For the Far Side of the World.

[00:01:34] Oh I believe in song lines

[00:01:36] Obvious and not

[00:01:38] I'd ridden them like camels

[00:01:41] To some most peculiar spots.

[00:01:44] They run across the oceans

[00:01:46] Through mountains and saloons

[00:01:48] And tonight out to the dessert

[00:01:51] Where I sit atop this dune.

[00:01:55] I was destined for this vantage point

[00:01:57] Which is so far from the Sea

[00:02:00] I've lived it in the pages of Saint-Exupery

[00:02:05] From Paris to Tunisia

[00:02:07] Casablanca to Dakar

[00:02:10] I was riding long before I flew

[00:02:13] Through the wind and sand and stars.

[00:02:17] Caravan

[00:02:19] Ride that hump

[00:02:21] And Timbuktu's a jillion bumps

[00:02:27] Sleeping bags and battle flags

[00:02:29] Are coiled and furled

[00:02:33] That's the way you travel

[00:02:35] To the far side of the world!

[00:02:59] A Sunset framed by lightening bolts

[00:03:02] Burns a lasting memory

[00:03:05] And a string of tiny twinkling lights

[00:03:07] Adorn the sausage tree.

[00:03:09] While the embers from the log fire

[00:03:12] Flicker, fly, and twirl

[00:03:14] Then drift off toward the cosmos

[00:03:17] From the Far Side of the World.

[00:03:21] Well it's Christmas and my birthday

[00:03:23] And so to that extent

[00:03:26] The Masai not the wise men

[00:03:28] Are circling my tent.

[00:03:31] I teach them how to play guitar

[00:03:34] They show me how to dance

[00:03:36] We have rum from the Caribbean

[00:03:38] And Burgundy from France.

[00:03:43] New Year's Eve in Zanzibar

[00:03:45] With Babu and his boys

[00:03:48] High up on the rooftop

[00:03:50] You can relish all the noise.

[00:03:52] They are dancing on the tables

[00:03:55] People bouncing like gazelles

[00:03:57] Two 0-0-1 is ushered in

[00:04:00] With air raid horns and bells.

[00:04:04] Time to sing time to dance

[00:04:09] Living out my second chance.

[00:04:14] Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled

[00:04:20] That's the way it happens

[00:04:22] On the Far Side of the World.

[00:04:35] Back at home, it's afternoon

[00:04:37] Six thousand miles away.

[00:04:39] I will still be there when I get through

[00:04:42] Attending this soiree

[00:04:44] There are jobs and chores and questions

[00:04:47] And plates I need to twirl,

[00:04:49] But tonight I'll take my chances,

[00:04:52] On the Far Side of the World.

[00:04:54] That's the way it happens

[00:04:56] On the Far Side of the World.