Oysters & Pearls Lyrics - Encores - Jimmy Buffett

Lindbergh left long island in 1927 

thumbed his nose at gravity 

and climbed into the heavens. 

when he returned to earth that night everything changed, 

for the pilot and the planet, everything was rearranged. 

We're a pretty mixed up bunch 

of crazy human beans 

it's written on our rocket ships 

and in early cave wall scenes. 

How does it happen, 

how do we know, 

who sits and watches 

who does the show? 

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some people love to lead 

and some refuse to dance. 

some play it safely, other take a chance. 

still it's all a mystery 

this place we call the world 

where most live as oysters 

while some become pearls. 

Elvis was the only man from northeast mississippi 

who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops and hippies. 

it's something more than dna that tells us who we are 

it's method and it's magic, we are of the stars. 

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some never fade away, some crash and burn 

some make the world go round, other watch it turn. 

still it's all a mystery 

this place we call the world. 

most are fine as oysters 

while some become pearls. 

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