Coconut Telegraph Lyrics - Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays - Jimmy Buffett

By: Jimmy Buffett 

1980 

For the gang at the Fish House 

Tuesday on the island 

Not much goin' on 

The parties are all over 

They ended just past dawn 

The jungle drums are beating 

With the tales from late last night 

'Cause stories bear repeating 

For everyone's delight 

Chorus: 

You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

Can't keep nothin' under their hat 

You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

Sayin' who did dis and dat 

Dis and dat, Dis and dat 

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Now I'm not one to deal in gossip 

But was he that big a fool 

To do a belly-buster high dive 

And miss the entire pool 

And what became of sweet Melissa 

And the boy nobody knew 

Did Ricardo ever find her 

I swear it's just between me and you 

Chorus: 

But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

By now everybody knows 

You can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

Just who comes and goes 

Comes and goes, comes and goes 

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La, la la la, la la la 

La, la la la, la la la 

La, la la la, (la la la la la la la) 

La, la la la, (la la la la la la oooooh) 

Ah! 

It's hump day on the island 

The lines have all gone dead 

All the juicy news is history 

I guess everything's been said 

But when the eagle flies on Friday 

And the boys break out the rum 

And the joint begins to jumpin' 

And you'll hear those hot lines hum 

Chorus: 

Ah, put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

All the celebration and the stress 

Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

In twenty-five words or less 

I want to hear it on the coconut telgraph (telegraph) 

All the celebration and the stress 

Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) 

In twenty-five words or less 

Dis and dat, Comes and goes 

Dis and dat, Comes and goes