Death Of An Unpopular Poet (Album)-Jimmy Buffett

[ti:Death Of An Unpopular Poet] [ar:Jimmy Buffett] [al:A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Death Of An Unpopular Poet (Album Version) - Jimmy Buffett [00:10.41]I once knew a poet [00:13.53] [00:15.56]Lived before his time [00:18.34] [00:20.02]He and his dog Spooner [00:22.92] [00:25.04]Listen while he'd rhyme [00:28.55] [00:30.54]Words to make you happy [00:33.17] [00:34.10]Words to make you cry [00:39.22] [00:41.33]Then one day the poet [00:44.13] [00:46.52]Suddenly did die [00:49.80] [00:50.62]But he left behind a closet [00:53.79] [00:55.98]Filled with verse and rhyme [00:59.46] [01:00.55]Through some strange transaction [01:03.97] [01:04.81]One was printed in the Times [01:08.81] [01:11.26]And everybody's searchin' [01:13.68] [01:14.58]For the king of underground [01:18.98] [01:21.94]Well they found him down in Florida [01:25.79] [01:26.96]With a tombstone for a crown [01:30.72] [01:32.61]Everybody knows a line [01:36.05] [01:37.27]From his book that cost four ninety nine [01:41.14] [01:42.20]I wonder if he knows he's doin' [01:46.50] [01:47.89]Quite this fine [01:50.38] [01:51.23]'Cause his books are all best sellers [01:54.78] [01:56.25]And his poems were turned to song [01:59.88] [02:00.97]Had his brother on a talk show [02:04.57] [02:05.47]Though they never got along [02:09.40] [02:12.01]And now he's called immortal [02:14.54] [02:15.17]Yes he's even taught in school [02:19.67] [02:22.81]They say he used his talents [02:26.00] [02:28.11]A most proficient tool [02:31.47] [02:32.41]But he left all of his royalties [02:36.80] [02:37.88]To Spooner his old hound [02:40.84] [02:42.12]Growin' old on steak and bacon [02:45.43] [02:46.96]In a doghouse ten feet 'round [02:50.41] [02:53.14]And everybody wonders [02:55.48] [02:56.49]Did he really lose his mind [03:01.12] [03:03.47]No he was just a poet who lived before his time [03:12.45] [03:13.97]He was just a poet who lived before his time