Tropical Update

Smilin' (part 1)
She's goin' back to school
He's on his way to Cancun
Yeah they're still in love
Gotta do what they gotta do.

And it's an angry sea
When you chase the blues
And the skipper he's really
Gonna miss her
Hey what's he gotta do.

Steady as she goes
Look out below
And keep smilin'
You gotta keep on smilin'.

Friday, and it's ships ahoy
Be five years again,
'Till we see the boy
Been so high, been so low
Been fixed up rich as a son-of-a-bitch
And we're broke,
We're broke, we're broke, we're broke now.

But we're smilin'.

Smilin' (part2)
It's like a turtle race, a Pocataligo
Here's to better days
Baby take it slow
And if it gets crazy, use the ship to shore
You'll be a close shaver, a life saver
and an expert at the semaphore.

And steady as she goes,
look out below,
And keep smilin'.

Splash Casino
Just south if Memphis
About a half an hour
Maybe two if you decide
To pull over.

Right at Tunica
And head down to the river
That's where you wanna go.

Down by the river,
Down by the river,
'Till you hit a hot pink glow.

Down by the river,
Down by the river,
Bring your cash we're
Goin' to Splash Casino.

Yeah that's right
And you know that's right
From the South End on a Memphis night
We can make it there
Before the mornin' light.

Yeah that's right
And you know that's right
Well come on my friend,
if you play to win,
if you play to win
Well baby you just might.

Well the cigarettes are burnin'
And the roulette wheels are turnin'
And luck's just learning how to flow.

Girls are girlin'
And the drinks are swirlin'
And everyone in the world's at Splash Casino.

I hope the no pass line is
Gonna work next time.

Hearts, Clubs,Diamonds & Spades
Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Spades
Fifty- two cards in the deck
Fifty two Saturdays

Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Spades
Some deal, some shuffle the decks
Some just want to play

Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Spades
Love, war wealth and the trades
And the flowers turn to meet
The blue in her eye
Clouds come and dance
From all the corners of the sky
And the breeze colors her cheeks
And plays music for her

Gonna go out to the beach tonigh
Gonna let the moon teach my shadow
How to dance
Just like she's done
For a million other men.

Baby, Baby
Baby, Baby
It's like a swimmin' pool
Ya' wanna have fun
Ya' gotta break the rules
No runnin' and no divin'
No pushin' and no jivin'
I love it when they blow the whistle
Baby, Baby

Baby, Baby
Lifes a beach
Ya' got the pit
And ya' got the peach
All of these creams and lotions
Are filling up the oceans
Makinf everyone so slippery, yeah
Baby, Baby

Baby, Baby
What's with you
You wanna have fun
Well this is your que
The lifeguards yelling
You're gonna get hurt
A blonde girl's selling
A fuscia T- shirt
The ocean don't know
What it's doing
Baby, Baby.

Here
Oooh see you Sunday
Talk to me Charlie
It's all over
Yeah, I'll bet you
She comes around
No one gonna blame you
For breakin' down
Here, here it's alright
Pull it over
To the side of the road and cry

Now we're heading out
To the serious cornflakes
Where the joke of the day is to live ro die
Yeah she could walk away from love
She could wear that golden dress at night
She'd wear it here
Here, it's alright
Pull it over
To the side of the road and cry.

C- Town
Streets of cobblestone
When it's cool
Streets of shrubbery
Under the harbor moon

And it's a knock
But I can't get in
Hey sidewalk
It's me again

Leave's up
And the market is down town
And the breeze is kickin' up
And the M.P.'s soon will be
Makin' their round

They're gonna lock you up
Gonna take you in
Hey sidewalk it's me again

Did I see you down
Down in C- Town
All the way down
In that old C- Town

Did I see you down
Down in C- Town
Walking around
In that old C- Town

Something like a wind blows
Through this place
And the smiles slide
From their frozen faces
Irie yelloe eyes and lips
Move the hips, baby move the hips

Turkish sailors, whiskey, ships
And handsome American fingertips
Irie yellow eyes and lips
Move the hips, baby move the hips.

Kingseats
Suit up, shoot up, cued up, ready to roll
And she taxis, down the runway
Looks great, spring into fall

But he's bailing out
Doing a kingseat, right through the clouds

And she's waiting, in the water
Ocean daughter, takes him to shore
Takes him, to the airplane
Up again, for some more

But he's bailing out
Doing a kingseat, right through the clouds.

A Goodbye to Joey
We went around the corner
Went around the corner, ohhh
Yes we did

We had a groovy summer
Had a groovy summer, ohhh
Yes we did

But it's goodbye to Joey now

The summers' hot
And the winters' cold yeah, ohhh
Yes it is

And that's all that
You got to know
And most of us did

But it's a goodbye to Joey
Hope it all works out now for you

Just a goodbye, just a goodbye
That's all it is
After a thousand
I stopped countin'
That's what I did

But it's a goodbye to Joey now.

The Animal
Been to the Animal
Under the archways of pain
Never have been down so low
So I don't know if I'll surface again

Been to the Animal
Under October skies
And through the windows of a restaurant
He cries, yes he cries

Been to the Animal
And it's hard to explain
Now old friend or foe
They all look the same

Been to the Animal
And it's hard to exlain
But the clouds surround me now
Fill my heart full of rain

And we take the bus downtown
Like we used to do
Through the deisel sounds
That remind me of you.