WHEN THE COAST IS CLEAR
Jimmy Buffett & Mac Macanally
(for Emery Clark, who paints it better than I can say it)

They're closin' down the hangout
The air is turnin' cool
They're shuttin' off the "superslide"
The kids are back in school

The tourist traps are empty
Vacancy abounds
Almost like it used to be
Before the circus came to town

That's when it always happens
Same time every year
I come down to talk to me
When the coast is clear

Hello mister other me
It's been a long time
We hardly get to have these chats
That in itselfs a crime

So tell me all your troubles
I'll surely tell you mine
We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke
And have a glass of wine

That's where it always happens
Same place every year
I come down and talk to me
When the coast is clear

It's the only place he knows
Where it always happens
Same place every year
I come down and talk to me
When the coast is clear


"And wrinkles only go where the smiles have been." J. Buffett