"Ti Punch Cafe" lyrics - JIMMY BUFFETT

Took my telescope to sea, bound for outer space
To a lonely island in a very special place
An atoll with a blue lagoon, a point break full of grace
Lava flows from long ago, bubble up this place

Ou la
Ou le
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And thank the Lord for a watering hole open night and day
Where buccaneers can sip their rum in the old Ti Punch Cafe
Above the entrance curtain hangs a well-used frying pan
The owner's not the Aga Khan, it is the Jolly Mon!

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Houessivo lo dji houe, minbi nin djawa loo
Houessivo lo dji houe e minbi nin wa douwe loo
Houessivo lo dji houe, mnibi nin djawa loo
Houessivo lo dji houe e

I scoped the sky for passersby, Jolly Mon planned the trip
From the Pleiades, Desdemona came in her rocket ship
Eddie brought them burgers, Banky brought his band
And the Little Prince said, "Tout le monde", did the beguine in the sand, hey

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Now the party's done, fun tickets gone
We sang and loved and hoped
Then I woke up back in twenty
Beneath my telescope
Galaxies and nautilus shells
Look the same to me
So ask yourself this question
"How couldn't it be?"

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