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It Takes No More Time To See The Good Side Of Life Than To See The Bad.

I Can Only Say The First Thing That Pops Into My Mind Is I Remember, Years Ago, Seeing Kind Of A Has-been Country Singer Working - When I First Moved To Nashville - In A Bar In A Holiday Inn.

Older And Wiser Voices Can Help You Find The Right Path, If You Are Only Willing To Listen.

It's Those Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes Nothing Remains Quite The Same. With All Of Our Running And All Of Our Cunning, If We Couldn't Laugh, We Would All Go Insane.

Some Of It's Magic And Some Of It's Tragic But I Had A Good Life All The Way.

It's A Fine Line Between Saturday Night And Sunday Morning.

The Cheating Was Sweet, But My Heart Is Beat. Don't Tear It Apart, Please By-pass This Heart.

Where's The Church, Who Took The Steeple, Religion's In The Hands Of Some Crazy Ass People, Television Preachers With Bad Hair And Dimples, The God's Honest Truth Is, It's Not That Simple

I've Always Been Trying To Write Songs Like Lightfoot. A Song Of Mine Like 'come Monday' Is A Direct Result Of Me Trying To Write A Gordon Lightfoot Song.

I Remember The Excruciating School Task Of Writing A Three-page Term Paper. But, Oh, That Feeling When I Was Done! I Think I Drive Myself For That Feeling Of Accomplishment.

The Right Combination Of Guilt And Machismo Has Sent Many A Fool Out Into The Jungle When He Should Have Stayed Home.

I Made A Deal With The Devil For A Whole Lot Of Money.

Is It Time For Your Medication Or Mine?

If We Weren't All Crazy, We'd Just Go Insane.

What Would Pop-eye Do In A Tight Spot Like This?

Back To My Childhood Where Those Monsters Reside. They Snack On Innocence And Dine On Self Esteem.

If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me.

Elvis Was The Only Man From Northeast Mississippi Who Could Shake His Hips And Still Be Loved By Rednecks, Cops, And Hippies.

I Have Never Cared About Setting World Records, Or Filling My Boat With Fish, Or, For That Matter, Even Catching Fish. I Go For The Experience Of Spending Six Hours In The Arms Of The Ocean, Never Thinking Of A Single Thing Except Chasing Fish.

I'm Getting Old, Don't Wear Underwear, And I Don't Go To Church.

He Went To Paris Looking For Answers To Questions That Bothered Him So. He Was Impressive, Young And Aggressive, Saving The World On His Own.

Mother Mother Ocean, I Have Heard Your Call.

Well, I'm Still Here. Didn't Have To Go To Rehab, And I'm Not Broke.

Be Good, And You Will Be Lonesome, Be Lonesome And You Will Be Free. Live A Lie And You Will Live To Regret It, That's What Living Is To Me.

Yeah. I Wouldn't Do It If It Wasn't Fun... We're Showing People How, In A Pretty Crazy And Whacked-out, Dangerous World, You Can Still Have Fun.

Dangerous World

Some Make The World Go Round; Others Watch It Turn.

Wrinkles Will Only Go Where The Smiles Have Been.

I Was Suppose To Be A Jesuit Priest Or A Naval Academy Graduate.

You Get Religion As Your Hair Turns Grey.

I Still Believe In Rock And Roll, It Pays My Bills.

It's Not The Tales Of Stephen King That I've Read, I Need Protection From The Things In My Head . . .

My Occupational Hazard Is My Occupation's Just Not Around.

Occupational Hazards

This Imitation Elvis May Not Be The King, But Baby I'm The Next Best Thing.

We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About.

I Got A Pbs Mind In An Mtv World.

The Stores And The Things Like That, The Business Side Of Things Came Out At The Point When, I'd Say Probably In The Early '70s, It Looked Like The Year Of The Singer-songwriter Was Over, 'cause Music Changed In Our Time And The Spotlight Was Out.

The Beautiful People In The Magazines, Got The Normal Ones Living Beyond Their Means.

And I Try To Give The Best Bang For The Buck. I Love Performing More Than Anything Else.

To Describe My Scarce Leisure Time In Today's Terms, I Always Default To Reading.

Moderation Is The Key So I Work Certain Amout Of Time And Then I Take A Certain Amount Of Time Off.

I Know I Should Be Leaving This Climate, I've Got A Verse, But Can't Rhyme It.

You've Been Acting Like Jesus Owes You A Favor, But He's A Little Smart For You To Fool.

Quitting Doesn't Enter My Mind.

These Old Ballparks Are Like Cathedrals In America. We Don't Have Big Old Gothic Cathedrals Like They Do In Europe. But We Got Baseball Parks.

Go Fast Enough To Get There, But Slow Enough To See.

I Have Always Looked At Life As A Voyage, Mostly Wonderful, Sometimes Frightening. In My Family And Friends I Have Discovered Treasure More Valuable Than Gold.

I Want To Keep Going As I Have, To Travel, Read, Perform, Write, And Enjoy My Family. I've Promised Myself Only This: No More Laundromats, No More Two-shows-a-night, And No More Deadlines. I'll Work At My Own Pace.

As A Dreamer Of Dreams And A Travelin' Man, I Have Chalked Up Many A Mile. Read Dozens Of Books About Heroes And Crooks, And I Learned Much From Both Of Their Styles.

It Was Too Much Tequila, Or Not Quite Enough.

I Just Thank God I Don't Live In A Trailer.

Nothing To Show But This Brand New Tattoo. But It's A Real Beauty, A Mexican Cutie, How It Got Here I Haven't A Clue.

We're Just Recycled History Machines, Cavemen In Faded Blue Jeans.

I'm Growing Older, But Not Up.

Whether It's A Letter, Song Lyrics, Part Of A Novel, Or Instructions On How To Fix A Kitchen Sink, It's Writing. You Keep Your Craft Honed, You Acquire The Discipline To Finish Things. You Turn Into A Self-taskmaster.

If Someone Wants A Piece Of You, Never Let Them Pay. What You Do Not Give To Them Time Takes Anyway.

I've Always Found Drugs And Alcohol Somewhat Pedestrian. It's Like, I Don't Need An External Agent To Open My Mind. I'm Here, Conscious, Alert, Present. Why Would I Alter That?

If We Couldn't Laugh, We Would All Going To Go Insane.

I Know A Girl Made Of Memories And Phrases, Lives Her Whole Life In Chapters And Phases.

Sail The Main Course In A Simple Sturdy Craft. Keep Her Well Stocked With Short Stories And Long Laughs. Go Fast Enough To Get There But Slow Enough To See. Moderation Seems To Be The Key.

Oh, Yesterdays Are Over My Shoulder, So I Can't Look Back For Too Long. There's Just Too Much To See Waiting In Front Of Me, And I Know That I Just Can't Go Wrong.

I Have Been Drunk Now For Over Two Weeks.

Today There Are Two Madonnas, Our Lady Of Fatima Over Here And That Woman From Michigan.

I Hate To Mention Age, But I Come From An Era When We Weren't Consumed By Technology And Television. My Mother Insisted That Her Children Read. To Describe My Scarce Leisure Time In Today's Terms, I Always Default To Reading.

Songwriters Write Songs, But They Really Belong To The Listener.

This Morning I Shot Six Holes In My Freezer. I Think I've Got Cabin Fever.

Indecision May Or May Not Be My Problem.

Tell Me Where Are The Flashbacks They All Warned Us Would Come?

Unanswered Questions

Phish And Dave Matthews Really Know Their Audiences And Really Treat Them Well.

I Can't Fax You My Love, I Can't Email My Heart.

Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?

While My Mind Is Flexible, These Brittle Bones Don't Bend.

Be Yourself, Be Pleasant, Play Hard And Have No Regrets.

Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On.

We're Wanted Men, We'll Strike Again, But First Let's Have A Beer.

Nobody Else Cares About You At The Beginning Of Your Career Except You-and, Of Course, Your Mother. Your Mother Is There Because That Is What Mothers Do.

And There's That One Particular Harbor Sheltered From The Wind Where The Children Play On The Shore Each Day And All Are Safe Within...

I'm Going Back To My Parrot Head Friends.

You Know, As A Writer, I'm More Of A Listener Than A Writer, Cuz If I Hear Something I Will Write It Down.

I Always Said That I Wouldn't Use A Teleprompter, And If I Start To Sing Real Flat, I'll Hang It Up.

Find Yourself A Lover Who Will Glue You To The Floor

Finding Yourself

When They Tried To Draft Me, I Earned A College Degree.

Places I've Lived Since Then Had To Have Some Kind Of Uniqueness And Character About Them. And Logically Key West, And Then Down Island. So, All Of That Stuff Sort Of Had It's Roots In New Orleans And Went Crazy.

If I Couldn't Laugh, I Just Would Go Insane. If We Couldn't Laugh, We Just Would Go Insane. If We Weren't All Crazy, We Would Go Insane.

If It Doesn't Work Out There Will Never Be Any Doubt That The Pleasure Was Worth All The Pain.

What If Life Is Just A Cosmic Joke, Like Spiders In Your Underwear.

Instinct Taught Me 20 Years Ago To Pace A Song Or A Concert Performance. That Translates Into Pacing A Story, Pleasing A Reading Audience.

I Got Quarters In My Loafers Trying To Fight Inflation When It Only Used To Take A Cent.

You Better Lava Me Now Or Lava Me Not.

I Ain't No Drinking Man, But Temptation Got The Best Of Me.

The Only Thing That Is Still Free In This World Is Religion, Which Is Why A Lot Of People "find It.

Wasting Away Again In Margaritaville, Searching For My Lost Shaker Of Salt.

Tonight I Just Need My Guitar.

I Arm Myself With Punch Lines And A Big Old Water Gun.

The Weather Is Here Wish You Were Beautiful.

And I Wound Up In New Orleans For All Those Years And It Was A Great Place, Really A Catalyst Creatively.

Maybe Roll In The Sand With A Rock And Roll Man.

Without Geography You're Nowhere.

We Need More Fruitcakes In This World, And Less Bakers!

I Recommend That You Try A Little Mental Floss.

Under The Heavens And Under The Sea There's A Friend I Don't Know, Who Holds The Right Key.

There's No 'dumb-ass' Vaccine.

Surrounded By Stories Surreal And Sublime, I Fell In Love In The Library Once Upon A Time.

Once Upon A Time

When Reality Looks Too Ugly, Fantasize.

Forget That Blind Ambition, And Learn To Trust Your Intuition.

Gluttony, Do Not Eat Thy Neighbor's Wife's Popcorn.

People Who Think Too Much Before They Act Don't Act Too Much.

There Will Always Be Those Who Feel More Comfortable Not Venturing From The Warmth Of The Hearth, But There Are Those Who Prefer To Look Out The Window And Wonder What Is Beyond The Horizon.

It's Been Wonderful For Me, And I Feel So Privileged To Have Fans That Are That Loyal.

I Just Want To Live Happily Ever After, Every Now And Then.

Lights Are Glowing In The Palm Trees.

I Got My Hush Puppies On. I Guess I Never Was Made Meant For Glitter Rock And Roll.

We Made It Nearly 20 Centuries, A Bunch Of Monkeys With Ph Ds.

Life Was Just A Tire Swing. 'jambalaya' Was The Only Song I Could Sing. Blackberry Pickin', Eatin' Fried Chicken, And I Never Knew A Thing About Pain. Life Was Just A Tire Swing.

Fun Is About As Good A Habit As There Is.

I Was Hungry And Went Out For A Bite, Ran Into A Chum With A Bottle Of Rum And We Wound Up Drinking All Night.

Therapy Is Extremely Expensive. Popping Bubble Wrap Is Radically Cheap.

Pack Your Bags, We're Going On A Guilt Trip!

There's A Strange Sense Of Pleasure Being Beat To Hell By A Storm When You're On A Ship That Is Not Going To Sink.

Yes, I Am A Pirate, Two Hundred Years To Late. Cannons Don't Thunder, There's Nothing To Plunder, I'm An Over Forty Victim Of Fate.

Pickup's Washed And You Just Got Paid, With Any Luck At All You Might Even Get Laid.

Later Down The Road Of Life, I Made The Discovery That Salt Water Was Also Good For The Mental Abrasions One Inevitably Acquires On Land.

With You, I Would Walk Anywhere

It Takes Just As Little Time To See The Positive Side Of Life As It Does The Negative Side.

When The Good Times Come Around, They Gallup In Like Wild Horses. You Just Try To Stay On Them For As Long As You Can. And When They Throw You Offyou Just Wait In The Shade Until They Come Around Again.

Yes, I Am A Pirate Two Hundred Years Too Late.

It's My Job To Be Better Than The Rest, And That's Enough Reason To Go For Me. It's My Job To Be Better Than The Rest, And That Makes The Day For Me.

Any Attempts At Autobiography Before The Age Of Eighty Seem Pretty Self-involved To Me. There Are A Lot Of Smart Middle Aged People But Not Many Wise Ones.

I've Done A Bit Of Smuggling, I've Run My Share Of Grass. I Made Enough Money To Buy Miami, But I Piss It Away So Fast.

I've Got A Caribbean Soul I Can Barely Control, And Some Texas Hidden Here In My Heart!

There's Damsels In Distress Out There, And We Got All This Beer.

Damsel In Distress

That To Me Is The Way Any Good Romantic Would Look At His Life: Live It First, Then Write It Down Before You Go.

I Slowly Surrender To The Child In Me Who Can't Say Goodbye.

I'd Like To Be A Jellyfish, 'cause Jellyfish Don't Pay Rent.

Maybe There Is Another Who Sees Life Not As A Flickering Candle But As A Torch That Can Illuminate An Undiscovered World.

Come Back, Come Back, Back To Jamaica Don't You Know We Made A Big Mistaika We Would Be So Sad If You Told Us Goodbye And We Promise Not To Shoot You Out Of The Sky!

There's Something Missing In The Music Industry Today... And It's Music. Songs You Hear Don't Last, It's Just Product Fed To You By The Industry.

I'm Living On Things That Excite Me, Be They Pastry, Or Lobster, Or Love...

Mother, Mother Ocean, I Have Heard You Call. Wanted To Sail Upon Your Waters, Since I Was Three Feet Tall. You've Seen It All, You've Seen It All. Watched The Men Who Rode You, Switch From Sails To Steam. In Your Belly, You Hold The Treasure That Few Have Ever Seen, Most Of Them Dreams, Most Of Them Dreams.

We Got To Roll With The Punches, Play All Of Our Hunches, Make The Best Of Whatever Comes Your Way. Forget That Blind Ambition, Learn To Trust Your Intuition - Plowing Straight Ahead, Come What May.

[writing] Is Edit, Edit, Edit. It's Almost Like Getting A Boat Ready To Go To Sea. You've Still Got A Countless Number Of Things Left To Fix, But You've Just Got To Go, "o.k., Everybody Get On The Boat. We're Going, Ready Or Not."

My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus. It's That Kind Of Morning.

I Hate To Mention Age, But I Come From An Era When We Weren't Consumed By Technology And Television.

Grief Is Like The Wake Behind A Boat. It Starts Out As A Huge Wave That Follows Close Behind You And Is Big Enough To Swamp And Drown You If You Suddenly Stop Moving Forward. But If You Do Keep Moving, The Big Wake Will Eventually Dissipate. And After A Long Time, The Waters Of Your Life Get Calm Again, And That Is When The Memories Of Those Who Have Left Begin To Shine As Bright And As Enduring As The Stars Above.

The Ocean Has Always Been A Salve To My Soul.

My Mother Insisted That Her Children Read.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fishin.

If There’s A Heaven For Me, I’m Sure It Has A Beach Attached.

Searching Is Half The Fun: Life Is Much More Manageable When Thought Of As A Scavenger Hunt As Opposed To A Surprise Party.

Humor Has Bailed Me Out Of More Tight Situations Than I Can Think Of. If You Go With Your Instincts And Keep Your Humor, Creativity Follows. With Luck, Success Comes, Too.

They Send You Off To College, Try To Gain A Little Knowledge, But All You Want To Do Is Learn How To Score.

If Life Gives You Limes, Make Margaritas.

There's A Little Bit Of Fruitcake Left In Everyone Of Us.

I'm A Big Follower And Reactor To Weather.

Drive-in, You Guzzle Gin, Commit A Little Mortal Sin.

If I Don't Die By Thursday, I'll Be Roaring Friday Night.

So I'll Put On My Bob Marley Tape And Practice What I Preach Get Jah Lost In The Reggae Mon As I Walk Along The Beach

We Need More Fruitcakes In This World And Less Bakers! We Need People That Care! I'm Mad As Hell! And I Don't Want To Take It Anymore!

Some People Think There's A Woman To Blame, But I Know - It's My Own Damn Fault

And You Find As A Writer There Are Certain Spots On The Planet Where You Write Better Than Others, And I Believe In That. And New Orleans Is One Of Them.

Shells Sink, Dreams Float. Life's Good On Our Boat.

Being Rich And Famous Seems To Have Its Ups And Downs. That's The Price You Pay For Being Troubadours And Clowns.

It's Important To Have As Much Fun As Possible While We're Here. It Balances Out The Times When The Minefield Of Life Explodes.

I Still Consider It A Summer Job, Though. So, I Try To Maintain That Summer Job As Long As I Can. But It's Exciting To Be Able To Have The Opportunity To Do Things I Always Dreamed Of As A Kid.

Where It All Ends I Can't Fathom, My Friends. If I Knew, I Might Toss Out My Anchor.

Cheeseburger In Paradise!

My Voyage Was Never A Well-conceived Plan, Nor Will It Ever Be. I Have Made It Up As I Went Along.

Don't Try To Describe The Ocean If You've Never Seen It.

Live A Lie, And You Will Live To Regret It; That's What Livin' Is To Me.

One Of The Inescapable Encumbrances Of Leading An Interesting Life Is That There Have To Be Moments When You Almost Lose It.

Give Me Oysters And Beer, For Dinner Every Day Of The Year, And I'll Be Fine.

I'm Inspired By People Who Keep On Rolling, No Matter Their Age.

The Wino And I Know The Pain Of Back Bustin'.

It Is An Eternal Truth In The Political As Well As The Mystical Body, That Where One Member Suffers, All The Members Suffer With It

Elvis Up In Michigan And Maybe Out In Mars.

I Don't Get Tired Of Playing "margaritaville". It's Paid My Bills For Years.

At 57, To Have A No. 1 Album, I Wasn't Expecting It.

Found A Shaman In A Diaper With A Poppy Pot. When I Asked If He Was Cold, He Said Just Think Hot.

My Only Contact With The Outside World Was An Rca Victrola, And Elvis Would Sing, And Then I'd Dream About Expensive Cars.

Whatever Thrills You, Anything You Love To Do, Just Say - Someday, I Will.

Our Children May Save Us If They Are Taught To Care Properly For The Planet; But If Not, It May Be Back To The Ice Age Or The Caves From Where We First Emerged. Then We'll Have To View The Universe Above From A Cold, Dark Place. No More Jet Skis, Nuclear Weapons, Plastic Crap, Broken Pay Phones, Drugs, Cars, Waffle Irons, Or Television. Come To Think Of It, That Might Not Be A Bad Idea.

Bryl-cream, A Little Dab Will Do You.

Mirror That Lies, Mirror That Lies, That Can't Be Me In The Gorilla Disguise.

Low Self Esteem

Never Did I Think That I Became Family Entertainment.

Is It Ignorance Or Apathy? Hey, I Don't Know And I Don't Care.

Mr. Bear, You Know In The Eyes Of The Lord, We're Both Beasts.

Barmaid, Bring A Pitcher, Another Round Of Brew. Honey, Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?

We're Weird Roman Candles Burning Bright At Both Ends. At The End Of The Road's Where This Story Begins. Where The Green Of The Gulf Meets The Blue Of The Sea. What Makes It All Happen Is Still A Mystery To Me. But Those Crazy Days And Those Crazy Ways, We Never Want To Undo. We'll Be Together, Now And Forever.

You Know Death Will Get You In The End, But If You Are Smart And Have A Sense Of Humor, You Can Thumb Your Nose At It For Awhile

I'd Rather Die While I'm Living Then Live While I'm Dead.

Only Time Will Tell If It Was Time Well-spent

Time Well Spent

Is It Ignorance Or Apathy, I Forget The Lessons Taught To Me.

Love Is A Wave Building To A Crescendo. Ride If You Will, Ride It With Me.

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