Just an Old Truth Teller — текст песни (Jimmy Buffett)

Lester atlas, a crude, very rich corporate raider, traps norman in the caribbean dream by offering to buy the hotel for him, and then welshing on the deal when norman can no long back out. he is

Spicable but somehow lovable rogue, who in his own mind is a magnanimous, misunderstood benefactor of humanity. what other people call corporate raiding, he explains, telling the truth in busine

Tters. why jimmy decided to give him a song with a tango rhythm and a klezmer trill I dont know, but it works.



Im just an old truth teller

Im your candid friend

Im not some daydream seller

I do not pretend

Ive a sense of survival

And screwing my rivals

Thats labeled me crossed and uncouth

But I cant help it I just tell the truth

He cant help it, he just tells the truth



Im just an old truth teller

Brutally direct

I see it eye for eye

Im rarely incorrect

Why call me a sharp trader

A corporate raider

Im a role model for todays youth

Its so simple, I just tell the truth

He cant help it, he just tells the truth



Bridge:



Why was I born to be right all the time

In deal after deal after deal

Foiling those sharks that are circling my penthouse

Hoping to make a meal



No good deed goes unpunished

Nothing goes as planed

My ingrate family left me

I dont understand



Wheres your wife?

In alaska

Any sons?

In nebraska

And my daughter milks cows in duluth

I cant help it, I just tell the truth

Ohh he cant help it, he just sells it

He cant help, he just tells it

I cant help, I just tell the truth