Gypsies in the palace
By: jimmy buffett, glenn frey, will jennings
1985
"i have heard that some of the great parties of all times have
Been at my house - when I wasnt there."
-- spoken:
"in days of old, when knights were bold,
And journeyed from their castles,
Trusty men were left behind,
Knights needed not the hassles.
They helped themselves to pig and peach,
And drank from kings own chalice.
Oh, it was a stirring sight
These gypsies in the palace."
"and some things never change. hit it boys!"
So long boss, knock em dead, dont worry bout a thing
Wish that we could come along, wed love to hear you sing
Limos here, your bags are packed, the list is by the phone
Me and snake will watch your place and treat it like our own
Look at all this liquor
Look at all this food
Its only gonna go to waste
Were not really being rude
But the good stuffs in his closet, I swear he wouldnt mind
Hell well just shoot the lock off, I do it all the time
Were gypsies in the palace, hes left us here alone
The order of the sleepless knights will now assume the throne
We aint got no money, we aint got no right
But were gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight
Theres damsels in distress out there and we got all this beer
Well free them from their condos and bring em over here
Well show them his gold records
Well play his music loud
Well party just like bubba does
Well do the old man proud
Were gypsies in the palace, there aint no wrong or right
Were gypsies in the palace, and a goin wild tonight
Hes the greatest guy to work for, man hes really cool
Hey snake this partys gettin dull, throw someone in the pool
Hey lets all take our clothes off and form a conga line
Watch out for that broken glass, hey snake we need more wine
Were gypsies in the palace, there aint no wrong or right
Were gypsies in the palace, and were raisin hell tonight
Hey
Oh hi there boss, whats goin on
You say youre coming when?
Ill send snake out to pick you up tomorrow night at ten, okay!
Everybody outta here, this joint is closin down
We gotta find someone to clean this up, hes comin back to town
Hi there boss we waxed your cars, we raked and mowed your lawn
We couldnt find enough to do in the short time you were gone
Man it sure is peaceful here, youve really got it all
If you ever hit the road again, give me and snake a call
Were gypsies in the palace, hes left us here alone
The order of the sleepless knights will now assume the throne
We aint got no money, we aint got no right
But were gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight
-- spoken:
"hey, jimmy, its glenn"
"glenn, how ya doin? "
"fine man, Im goin on the road.
Do you know anybody who could possibly house-sit for me? "
"i got these two great guys that look after my place.
Man, theyre the best!"
- notes:
Background vocals: jimmy buffett, glenn frey, timothy b. schmit
Featuring mark oconnor on fiddle
