We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About(Album Version) - Jimmy Buffett

We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About - Jimmy Buffett
I was supposed to have been a jesuit priest or a naval academy grad
That was the way that my parents perceived me
Those were the plans that they had
But I couldn't fit the part too dumb or too smart
Ain't it funny how we all turned out
I guess we are the people our parents warned us about
You know I coulda worked the rigs when the money was big
Or hopped a freighter south to trinidad
And when they tried to draft me I earned a college degree
Buying time till things were not so bad
But then I got a guitar found a job in a bar
Playing acid rock till I was numb
Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come
We are the people they couldn't figure out
We are the people our parents warned us about
Hey hey gardner mckay
Take us on the leaky tiki with you
Clear skies bound for shanghai
Sailing cross the ocean blue do do do dooo
So blue do do do dooo oooh
Do do do dooo
Do do do dooo oooh
Now I got quarters in my loafers trying to fight inflation
When it only used to take a cent
Sometimes I wish I was back in my crashpad days
Fore I knew what cash flow meant
Seems everybodys jogging or heavy into health shit
Don't tell me that I ought to get rolfed
Cause I love cajun martinis and playing afternoon golf
We are the people there isn't any doubt
We are the people they still can't figure out
We are the people who love to sing twist and shout
Shake it up baby
We are the people our parents warned us about do do do dooo
In any doubt do do do dooo oooh
Hey hey hey do do do dooo
Gardner mckay do do do dooo gardner mckay
Do do do dooo
I wanna sail away today do do do dooo oooh
Isn't any doubt do do do dooo
They warned us about do do do dooo oooh
Hey hey hey do do do dooo
C'mon now gardner mckay do do do dooo oooh