Life is Just a Tire Swing

<br>By: jimmy buffett<br><br>1974<br><br>I remember the smell of the creosote plant<br><br>When wed have to eat on easter with my crazy old uncle and aunt<br><br>They lived in a big house, antebellum style (antebellum)<br><br>And the winds would blow across the old bayou<br><br>And I was a tranquil little child<br><br><br><br>Chorus:<br><br>Life was just a tire swing<br><br>jambalaya was the only song I could sing<br><br>Blackberry pickin, eatin fried chicken<br><br>And I never knew a thing about pain<br><br>Life was just a tire swing<br><br><br><br>In a few summers my folks packed me off to camp<br><br>Yeah me and my cousin baxter in our pup tent with a lamp<br><br>And in a few days baxter went home and he left me by myself<br><br>But I knew that Id stay, it was better that way<br><br>And I could get along without any help<br><br><br><br>Chorus:<br><br>Life was just a tire swing<br><br>jambalaya was the only song I could sing<br><br>Chasin after sparrows with rubber-tipped arrows<br><br>Knowin I could never hurt a thing<br><br>Life was just a tire swing (tire swing)<br><br><br><br>And I never been west of new orleans or east of pensacola<br><br>My only contact with the outside world was an rca victrola<br><br><br><br>And elvis would sing and then Id dream about expensive cars<br><br>And who wouldve figured twenty years later<br><br>Id be rubbin shoulders with the stars<br><br>Life was just a tire swing<br><br><br><br>Then the other mornin on some illinois road<br><br>I fell asleep at the wheel<br><br>But was quickly wakened up by a ma bell telephone pole<br><br>And a bunch of grant wood faces screamin &quot;is he still alive? &quot;<br><br>Through the window I could see it hangin from a tree<br><br>And I knew that I had survived<br><br><br><br>And life is still a tire swing<br><br>jambalaya is the best song I can sing<br><br>Blackberry pickin, eatin fried chicken<br><br>But I finally learned a lot about pain<br><br>Life is just a tire swing (tire swing)<br><br>Life was just a tire swing (tire swing)<br><br>Life was just a tire swing (tire swing)<br><br>Life was just a tire swing (tire swing)