A Salty Piece Of Land Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

I was listening for answers 

That I could not really hear 

When the words of a wise old Indian 

Put a conch shell to my ear 

And I took off for the ocean 

I was searching for the coast 

Painting pictures of my vision 

With the words from grandma ghost 

Hiding from the dragons 

Riding for the sea 

Singing ballads from my childhood 

"A pirate's life for me" 

Survivors seem to function best 

When peril is at hand 

With a song of the ocean 

Meets a salty piece of land 

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I was force-fed my religion 

But I somehow saved my smile 

Tapped into my instincts 

As I headed to'ards exile 

Cleopatra did not own a barge 

But a schooner was her home 

She has centuries of stories 

And there's wisdom in her bones 

She was on a sacred mission 

And she told me of a place 

Where a man can hide forever 

But never loose his face 

So I saddled up my seahorse 

With a fly-rod in my hand 

I was not looking for salvation 

Just a salty piece of land 

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Like the stars up in the sky 

And the seabirds they do touch and gos 

As the world just tangos by 

But there are times when she is hidden 

Beneath the wild and crashing waves 

And the patron saint of lightening 

Keeps the sailors from their graves 

Some say it is a blinding sword 

Pointing out into the sea 

While others say her guiding light 

Leads to'ards eternity 

Still I sit in contemplation 

And I just don't understand 

This mysterious attraction 

Of this salty piece of land 

Still I search the constellations 

And the tiny grains of sand 

Where the song of the ocean 

Meets the salty piece of land