Barbara Cheer-ups: Changes in Latitude

Subject: Barbara Cheer-ups: Changes in Latitude
From: Ralph Butts
Date: 31 Aug 98 - 08:54 AM

Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude
Jimmy Buffett

I took off for a weekend last month,
Just to try and recall the whole year.
All of the faces and all of the places,
Wonderin' where they all disappeared.
I didn't ponder the question too long,
I was hungry and went out for a bite,
Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum,
And we wound up drinkin all night.

It's these changes in latitude, changes in attitude,
Nothing remains quite the same.
With all of our running and all of our cunning,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been.
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure,
Makes me want to go back again.
If it suddenly ended tomorrow,
I could somehow adjust to the fall.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches,
I've seen more than I can recall.

These changes in latitude, changes in attitude,
Nothing remains quite the same.
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine,
I wish I could jump on a plane.
So many nights, I just dream of the ocean,
God, I wish I was sailin' again.
Oh, yesterday's over my shoulder,
So I can't look back for too long.
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me,
And I know that I just can't go wrong.

With these changes in latitude, changes in attitude,
Nothing remains quite the same.
With all of my running and all of my cunning,
If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane.

If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane.

If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.