Lyric Flesh and Bone

by: Jimmy Buffett

If men came from Venus
and women came from Mars
then I d be lunching with my boyfriends
while you girls talked about cigars
but that s not how it happened
evolution took a different turn
we may be creatures with some unique features
but we ve still got a lot to learn

We made it nearly 20 centuries
but your monkeys with Ph.D.s
spun a web of communications
but it s all still a tangle to me

I can t tell the spiders
from the dangling flies and moths
I feel like like some outsider
who seems to have his wires all crossed

I can t fax you my love
I can t email my heart
I can t see your face in cyberspace
I don t know where to start

I m light years behind
from the age they call stone
I m a carbon based caveman
honey just flesh and bone

I ain t no clone
I m just flesh and bone
Trying to connect with you
I ain t no clone
I m just flesh and bone
Trying to get my message through

Now we live in this age of computers
They run everything in the world
and I m a little behind on this technical climb
and you are an internet girl

I ve got words but no processor
I ve got feelings but I don t know DOS
so I just have to go back to basics
to try to get my point across

Desperate for a glimpse of the future
We use crystals and cards and dice
and that Y2K is coming our way
they re talking about some worldly strife

It s time to think of simpler options
It s time to formulate a big plan B
so if your hard drive does crash
I ve got some Kruggerands stashed
come on and sail away with me

I can t fax you my love
I can t email my heart
I can t see your face in cyberspace
I don t know where to start

I m light years behind
from the age they call stone
I m a carbon based caveman
honey just flesh and bone

I ain t no clone
I m just flesh and bone
Trying to connect with you
I ain t no clone
I m just flesh and bone
Let s run away to Timbuktu

(spoken) oh yeah baby come on run away
don t worry I don t byte
I might nip a little bit
Here let me get that