Remittance Man Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Sinner on the mainland 

He's a sinner on the sea 

He looks for absolution 

Not accountability 

How many destinations 

Oh God he's seen them all 

He collects his precious pittance 

In every port of call 

-Chorus- 

Remittance man 

Black sheep of the family clan 

Broke too many rules along the way 

Remittance man 

So far from home 

No they'll never understand the remittance man 

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-Verse- 

A man of empty pockets 

From jingling his change 

The idleness and grieving 

Are all that he retains 

By the harbor lights of Sydney 

Or the Bora Bora moon 

He recites his sad confession 

To the seagulls and the loons 

-Repeat Chorus- 

-Bridge- 

You could claim that you were born a prince 

But you're the only one you can convince 

Survivor with no livelihood, that you could ever make it good 

But still you dream of what you can't pretend 

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-Verse- 

An unexpected passenger 

Boarded the Marseilles 

An angel full of tenderness 

She gave her heart away 

She was but a gypsy 

He was just a stray 

They almost made a miracle 

But it slowly slipped away 

So he follows the equator 

With a wish to run aground 

It's a very vicious circle 

Going round and round and round 

Now he watches from the fantail 

As the mainland disappears 

Just like the Flying Dutch man 

He's a prisoner of his fears 

-Repeat Chorus- 

No they'll never understand 

No they'll never understand