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Album: Miscellaneous (1996)
Artists: Jimmy Buffett

  1. A Love Song (From a Different Point of View)
  2. A Mile High In Denver
  3. A Pirate Looks At Forty
  4. A SAILOR'S CHRISTAS
  5. A Thousand Steps to Nowhere
  6. Ace
  7. Ace ( In Album High Cumberland Jubilee)
  8. African Friend
  9. Ain't He a Genius
  10. All The Ways I Want You
  11. Altered Boy
  12. Another Saturday Night
  13. Apocalypso
  14. Autour Du Rocher
  15. Baby's Gone Shopping
  16. Ballad of Spider John
  17. Banana Republics
  18. Bank of Bad Habits
  19. Barefoot Children in the Rain
  20. Barometer Soup
  21. Beach House On The Moon
  22. Bend a Little
  23. Bend a Little (In Album High Cumberland Jubilee)
  24. Beyond The End
  25. Big Rig
  26. Bigger Than The Both Of Us
  27. Biloxi
  28. Blue Guitar
  29. Blue Heaven Rendezvous
  30. Boat Drinks
  31. Bob Roberts Society Band
  32. Boomerang Love
  33. Brahma Fear
  34. Brand New Country Star
  35. Bring Back the Magic
  36. Brown Eyed Girl
  37. Groove Dub


Jimmy Buffett
Miscellaneous
African Friend



African Friend
By: Jimmy Buffett
1978
Disembarking at Duvalier Airport
Seeking transportation to town
As the purple ink dried on his passport
He could still feel the eyes look around

"Messieur ou y est casino?" [ Do you know where the casino is Sir? ]
Spoke to the cabbie and smiled
Driver replied "Vieux ou noveaux." [ Old or new? ]
As he motioned the dark man inside

Business in Aruba concluded
He now had a little money to spend
That's how I came to meet my African friend

We were rolling the bones several hours
Conversing as most gamblers do
We were calling on all of our powers
Hopin' to see the night through

But not approving at all of our winnings
Pit boss he tugged at his sleeve
Through the whole thing my new friend was grinning
When he motioned it's time we should leave

With our night at the tables behind us
We were ready just to do it again
That's when I came to know my African friend

But I woke up on the steps of a whorehouse
Soldier told me I'd better leave
As I stumbled to find me a taxi
I saw a note pinned to my sleeve

"It was a pleasure and a hell of an evenin'
Truly was our night to win.
But the authorities insist on my leaving
Take care my American friend."

With my weekend at Haiti concluded
I now had a little money to spend
That's when I came to meet my African friend
That's how I came to know another good friend

This album is dedicated to Juan Cadiz, Save The Whales, Save The Earth,
Support Greenpeace.
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