Key West Philosopher Pirate

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  McKinley hollered, McKinley 
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squalled
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Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on
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 the wall
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‪Say it to me, if you got something
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 to confess
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I heard all about it, he was going 
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down slow ‬
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‪I heard it on, the wireless radio ‬
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‪From down in the boondocks way 
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down in Key West ‬


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‪I’m searching for love, for 
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inspiration ‬
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  ‪On that pirate radio station
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‪Coming out of Luxembourg and 
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Budapest ‬
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‪Radio signal’s clear as can be
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‪I’m so deep in love that I can 
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hardly see ‬
            Fmaj7                  
‪Down on the flat lands, way down 
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in Key West


Fmaj7
‪Key West is the place to be ‬
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‪If you’re looking for immortality ‬
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‪Stay on the road, follow the 
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highway sign ‬
Fmaj7
‪Key West is fine and fair, ‬
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‪If you lost your mind, you will 
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find it there
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‪Key West is on the horizon line


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‪I was born on the wrong side of 
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the railroad track
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‪Like Ginsberg, Corso and Kerouac
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‪Like Louis, and Jimmy and Buddy 
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and all the rest ‬
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‪Well, it might not be the thing to
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 do ‬
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‪But I’m sticking with you through 
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and through ‬
                       Fmaj7       
‪Down in the flat lands, way down 
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in Key West


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‪I got both of my feet planted 
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square on the ground ‬
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‪Got my right hand high, with the 
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thumb down ‬
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‪Such is life, such is happiness
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‪Hibiscus flowers, they grow 
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everywhere here
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‪If you wear one, put it behind 
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your ear
                   Fmaj7           
‪Down in the bottom, way down in 
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Key West ‬


Fmaj7
‪Key West is the place to go
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‪Down by the Gulf of Mexico ‬
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‪Beyond the city, beyond the 
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sifting sands
Fmaj7
‪Key West is the gateway key ‬
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‪to innocence and purity ‬
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‪Key West, Key West is the 
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enchanted land


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‪I’ve never lived in the land of Oz 
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‪Or wasted my time with an unworthy 
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cause ‬
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‪It’s hot down here, and you can’t 
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be overdressed
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‪China blossoms of a toxic plant ‬
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‪They can make you dizzy, I'd like 
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to help you but I can't
                 Fmaj7             
‪Down in the flat lands way down in
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 Key West ‬


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‪Well the fish tail ponds, and the 
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orchid trees
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‪They can give you that bleeding 
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heart disease
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‪People tell me I ought to try a 
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little tenderness ‬
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‪On Newton Street, Bay view Park ‬
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‪Walking in the shadow after dark ‬
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‪Down under, way down in Key West ‬


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  ‪I played Gumbo Limbo spirituals
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  ‪I know all the Hindu rituals ‬
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‪People tell me that I’m truly 
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blessed ‬
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Bougainvillea blooming in the 
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summer, in the spring
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Winter here is an unknown thing
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Down in the flat lands, way down in
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 Key West


Fmaj7                      C     
Key West is under the sun, under 
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the radar, under the gun
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You stay to the left, and then you 
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lean to the right
Fmaj7                             
  Feel the sunlight on your skin, 
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the healing virtues of the wind
Fmaj7                            
  Key West, Key West is the land of 
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light


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  Wherever I travel, wherever I roam
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I’m not that far, before I come back
 home
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I do what I think is right, what I 
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think is best
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History street off off Mallory 
Square
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  Truman had his White House there
   Fmaj7                         
East bound, west bound, way down in 
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Key West


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  Twelve years old, they put me in a
 suit
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  Forced me to marry a prostitute
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There were gold fringes on her 
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wedding dress
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That’s my story, but not where it 
ends
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She’s still cute, and we’re still 
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friends
Fmaj7                              
Down on the bottom, way down in Key
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 West


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  I play both sides against the 
middle
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Tryin’ to pick up that pirate 
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radio signal
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I heard the news, I heard your last 
request
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  Fly around my pretty little Miss
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I don’t love nobody, give me a kiss
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               Fmaj7               
Down on the bottom, way down in Key
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 West


Fmaj7
  Key West is the place to be
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If you’re looking for immortality
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Key West is paradise divine
Fmaj7
  Key West is fine and fair
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If you lost your mind, you’ll find 
it there
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Key West is on the horizon line


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