Jimmy Buffett
Bank Of Bad Habits
Written by - Jimmy Buffett, Russ Kunkel, Jay Oliver, Roger Guth & Peter Mayer
From - Barometer Soup
The rumors and the stories of my past I can't deny 
I'm no Saint Ignatius but again I'm no barfly 
The wrong thing is the right thing until you lose control 
I've got this bank of bad habits in a corner of my soul 

Bank of bad habits 
The price of vice foretold 
One by one they'll do you in 
They're bound to take their toll 
The wrong thing is the right thing until you lose control 
I've got this bank of bad habits in a corner of my soul 

Last night I said goodbye to a dear old friend of mine 
Just a throw back shell beach party, nothin' really asinine 
Rum and cooked animals and bullshit by the ton 
That party lasted way too long and I had too much fun 

Bank of bad habits 
The price of vice foretold 
One by one they'll do you in 
They're bound to take their toll 
The wrong thing is the right thing until you lose control 
I've got this bank of bad habits in a corner of my soul 
That bank of bad habits is worth its weight in gold 

Time for you to spend that dough 
You're the only one you owe 
So put away those alibis 
You can't fool that Banker in the sky 

Now let me tell you about the 7 Deadly Sins
One...Pride...Thou shalt not have pride in thy neighbor
Two...Coveting...Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife
Three...Lust...Thou shalt not lust after his neighbor's wife
Four...Anger...Do not be angry with your neighbor's wife
Five...Gluttony...Do not eat thy neighbor's wife's...popcorn
Six...Envy...Do not envy your neighbor's wife
Seven...Sloth...Do not be a slob
And the eighth deadly sin is...PIZZA! 

A picture's worth a thousand words just ask a cameraman 
And it's no sin to stop and look, I do it when I can 
But you have to purge that urge to merge 
You have to keep your head 
Or trouble is what you will find inside some stranger's bed 

Bank of bad habits 
The price of vice foretold 
One by one they'll do you in 
They're bound to take their toll 
The wrong thing is the right thing until you lose control 
I've got this bank of bad habits 
It's worth it's weight in gold 

Yeah, we're talkin' Krugerands...Dubloons 
I was wonderin', um, do you think they have an ATM machine for bad habits?
Hmm. 
I think I'll apply for that card
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