Biscuit City Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

I'd like to be in biscuit city 

With my banjo in my hand 

I don't need no long vacation 

In some foreign land 

Cause the sound of my own breathing 

Has been turning to a sigh 

I wish that I could make the time 

To be in biscuit city by and by 

Oh the water is of emerald 

And the beach is white as snow 

And everyone's got money 

And no place to go 

In a land of milk and honey 

It can really make you smile 

And if I had a ticket 

I would stay in biscuit city for a while 

All the girls are in bikinis 

All the boys are in the buff 

With the baby in between and 

That makes three of us 

And the streets are all so quiet 

And the walls are squeaky clean 

I think you ain't been nowhere 'til 

The town of biscuit city you have seen 

I'd rather be in biscuit city 

With my banjo in my hand 

Than take a big vacation 

In some foreign land 

Cause the sound of my own breathing 

Has been turning to a sigh 

If it were not for misfortune 

I would be in biscuit city by and by 

If it were not for misfortune 

I would stay in biscuit city 'til I die