D    
She said I can't go back to America soon 

It's so goddamn cold it's gonna snow until June 
              G                      Em
Yeah, they're freezin' up in Buffalo, stuck in their cars 
     A                       G           D
And I'm lyin' here 'neath the sun and the stars 
 D 
Customs man tells her that she's gotta leave 
She's got a plan hidden up her shirt sleeve 
           G                 Em
Wants to find her a captain, a man of strong mind 
    A                G           D    (D7 
And any direction he blows'll be fine. 

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     G                                    D
     Please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it 
       A                                 D    D7  
     I have heard those words for so very long 
     G                                                  D
     Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it 
          A                    G                    D
     Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being wrong

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D
Tried and I tried but I don't understand 
Never seems to work out the way I had it planned 
         G                   Em       
Hangin' out in a marina when Steve Martin called 
         A                   G      D            
Singin' anybody there really wanna' get small 
D
But women and water are in short supply 
There's not enough dope for us all to get high 
         G             Em       
I hear it gets better, that's what they say 
 A                     G           D    (D7 
As soon as we sail on to Cane Garden Bay 

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     G                                    D
     Please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it 
       A                                 D    D7  
     I have heard those words for so very long 
     G                                                  D
     Don't try to describe the scenery if you've never seen it 
          A                    G                    D
     Don't ever forget that you just may wind up in my song

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(spoken: "Alright, let's reggae Reefers'") 

SOLO:  D          G    A   G D

D
Called all my friends on those cheap nightly rates 
Sure was good to talk to the old United States 
              G                      Em
While the lights of St. Thomas lie twenty miles west 

     A                       G           D
I see General Electric's still doing their best 
   D
I've got to head this boat south pretty soon 
New album's old and I'm fresh out of tunes 
           G                 Em
But I know that I'll get 'em I know that they'll come 
    A                G           D              (D7 
Through the people and places and Callwoods Rum 

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     G                                    D
     So please don't say man~ana if you don't mean it 
       A                                 D    D7       
     I have done your lines for so very long 
         G                                                  D 
     Don't try to describe a Kiss concert if you've never seen it 
               A                    G                    D
     Don't ever forget that you just may wind up being gonged!  (gong) 
           A                      G                  D    
     And I hope Anita Bryant never ever does one of my songs--------------------