Somewhere Over China Lyrics

Somewhere over china
By: jimmy buffett
1981
For the crazy flying tigers
Just a semi-normal person
Thought he had the future planned
Then he won some silly sweepstakes
Now he had a hundred grand
Never stopped to think of taxes
He was gone before they knew
With a flair for ol' romantics
To the orient he flew

When they fueled in papeete
Placed a call to big mamou
With an honest explanation
Just to tell the whole damn truth
It's his one chance in a million
Who'd deny the simple fact
'twas no use to talk it over
He'd be home when he got back

Chorus:
Now he's somewhere over china
Lookin' down on all the trails
On the mountains lookin' back at him
It's a real live fairy tale
Put a little distance
Between causes and effects
Like a day old fortune cookie
Askin' who or what comes next

What the hell did marco polo think
When he ran into the wall
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Doin' spins and loops and stalls

Just a taste for somethin' different
Perking up a borin' day
Now our man from louisiana
Feels exactly the same way

Chorus:
They're all somewhere over china
Shanghai or old peking
On a plane or a boat in an envelope
Real adventure has it's ring
Just to put a little distance
Between fact and fantasy
Still six thousand miles away from
Where I'd really rather be

How I would love to drive the shuttle
Just to feel the engines roar
And to operate the levers
That control the payload doors
I could buzz the himalayas
Barrel roll above hong kong
Set her down in san francisco
To the clangin' of a gong

Chorus:
We're all somewhere over china
Headin' east or headin' west
Takin' time to live a little
Flyin' so far from the nest
Just to put a little distance
Between causes and effects
Like an ancient fortune teller
Knowin' who and what comes next