Jimmy Buffett
The Ballad of Skip Wiley
Written by - Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth & Peter Mayer
From - Barometer Soup
He's a man on a mission 
Wild as a ricochet 
Picture if you can when the Everglades ran 
From the Gulf Coast to Biscayne Bay 

He's gonna give it back to the gators 
Lock the tourists up in theme parks and zoos 
He says, 'Join me for lunch at the reptile's brunch 
Where the barometer soup is you'

He's crazy and dangerous 
But who else can you trust 
He's the outlaw in all of us 
The environmental terrorist 

You can mess with that mouse in Orlando 
Jilt a tourist in St. Augustine 
You can shoplift all day at Blockbuster 
But you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
No you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 

That's unthinkable in the state of Florida 
What would the Chamber of Commerce say 
This man is sick 
Yeah 

There were crimes of epic proportions 
All part of Skip Wiley's crusade 
Tourists were cackin' and tourists were packin' 
While he and Skink cooled there heels in the shade 

Then came the citrus sensation 
'Welcome to the revolution', he said 
With a pirates persona 
He snatched the gridiron Madonna 
And the day groovers called for his head 

He's crazy and dangerous 
But who else can you trust 
He's the outlaw in all of us 
The environmental terrorist 

You can mess with that mouse in Orlando 
Jilt a tourist in St. Augustine 
You can rag on the Miami Dolphins 
But you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
No you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
No, no you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 

Well Skip's caper, it kinda backfired 
Got the orange juice barons rather upset 
In the light of bad moves these manhunts ensued 
Skip easily slipped through the net 
He was last seen atop of a mangrove 
Perched like a wounded osprey 
He was not meant to last 
He belongs to the past 
And I hope he gets there one day 

He's crazy and dangerous 
But who else can you trust 
He's the outlaw in all of us 
The environmental terrorist (Terrorist) 

You can mess with that mouse in Orlando 
Jilt a tourist in St. Augustine 
You can shoplift your days at Blockbuster 
But you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
No you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
No you can't steal the Orange Bowl Queen 
That's right
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