Manana Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Manana 

By: jimmy buffett 

1978 

She said I can't go back to america soon 

So goddamn cold it's gonna snow until june 

Yeah, they're freezin' up in buffalo stuck in their cars 

And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars 

Customs man tells her that she's gotta leave 

She's got a plan hidden up her shrewd sleeve 

Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind 

And any direction he blows will be fine 

Chorus: 

Please don't say manana if you don't mean it 

I have heard those words for so very long 

Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it 

Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong 

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Tried and I tried but I don't understand 

Never seemed to work out the way I had it planned 

Hangin' out at a marina when steve martin called 

Singin' anybody there really want to get small 

But women and water are in short supply 

There's not enough dope for us all to get high 

I hear it gets better, that's what they say 

As soon as we sail on to cane garden bay 

Chorus: 

Please don't say manana if you don't mean it 

I have heard your lines for so very long 

Don't try to describe the scenery if you've never seen it 

Don't ever forget that you just may wind up in my song 

-- spoken: "alright let's reggae reefers!" 

Called all my friends on those cheap nightly rates 

Sure was good to talk to the old united states 

While the lights of st. thomas lie twenty miles west 

I see general electric's still doing their best 

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I got to head this boat south pretty soon 

New album's old and I'm fresh out of tunes 

But I know that I'll get 'em, I know that they'll come 

Through the people and places and caldwoods rum 

Chorus: 

So please don't say manana if you don't mean it (don't mean it) 

I have done your lines for so very long 

Don't try to describe a kiss concert if you've never seen it 

Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being gonged 

Coda: 

And I hope anita bryant never ever does one of my songs 

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