Jimmy Buffett
Altered Boy
Written by - Jimmy Buffett & Wayne Jobson
From - Far Side Of the World
Oh no, he's buying an island
Oh no, he's building a boat
Why does he never stop smiling?
Fun surrounds him like a deep moat
 
Where does he get all those stories?
How can he tell such a lie?
He's bound to see purgatory
His views are in short supply
 
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boy
 
Good God, he's talking with parrots
Painting his dreams in the sand
Piling up beaucoup demerits
Doing it just 'cause he can
 
By Jove he's having a cocoa
Evading those judgmental eyes
Calmly walking his tight rope
High above all the outcries
 
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boy
 
The story goes he stumbled at the alter
Now it seems he just blasphemes
And dwells with dangers daughter
 
Someone call the talking doctor
Somebody get a SWAT team
There he sits getting away with murder
How dare him live out his dreams
 
But Peter Pan would understand
His schemes and dreams and ploys
Best keep an eye on his slight hand
He such an altered boy
 
Oh no, he's sailing today
Oh no, beware Paraguay
Oh no, anchors aweigh
Oh no
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