Lyric Gypsies In The Palace (In Album Last Mango In Paris)

Gypsies In The Palace
By: Jimmy Buffett, Glenn Frey, Will Jennings
1985
"I have heard that some of the great parties of all times have
been at my house - when I wasn t there."
-- Spoken:
"In days of old, when knights were bold,
And journeyed from their castles,
Trusty men were left behind,
Knights needed not the hassles.
They helped themselves to pig and peach,
And drank from King s own chalice.
Oh, it was a stirring sight
These gypsies in the palace."
"And some things never change. Hit it boys!"

So long boss, knock em dead, don t worry bout a thing
Wish that we could come along, we d love to hear you sing
Limo s here, your bags are packed, the list is by the phone
Me and Snake will watch your place and treat it like our own

Look at all this liquor
Look at all this food
It s only gonna go to waste
We re not really being rude
But the good stuff s in his closet, I swear he wouldn t mind
Hell we ll just shoot the lock off, I do it all the time

We re gypsies in the palace, He s left us here alone
The Order of the Sleepless Knights will now assume the throne
We ain t got no money, we ain t got no right
But we re gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight

There s damsels in distress out there and we got all this beer
We ll free them from their condos and bring em over here
We ll show them his gold records
We ll play his music loud
We ll party just like Bubba does
We ll do the old man proud

We re gypsies in the palace, there ain t no wrong or right
We re gypsies in the palace, and a goin wild tonight

He s the greatest guy to work for, man he s really cool
Hey Snake this party s gettin dull, throw someone in the pool
Hey let s all take our clothes off and form a conga line
Watch out for that broken glass, hey Snake we need more wine

We re gypsies in the palace, there ain t no wrong or right
We re gypsies in the palace, and we re raisin hell tonight
Hey

Oh hi there boss, what s goin on
You say you re coming WHEN?
I ll send Snake out to pick you up tomorrow night at ten, OKAY!
Everybody outta here, this joint is closin down
We gotta find someone to clean this up, he s comin back to town

Hi there boss we waxed your cars, we raked and mowed your lawn
We couldn t find enough to do in the short time you were gone
Man it sure is peaceful here, you ve really got it all
If you ever hit the road again, give me and Snake a call

We re gypsies in the palace, he s left us here alone
The Order of the Sleepless Knights will now assume the throne
We ain t got no money, we ain t got no right
But we re gypsies in the palace, we got it all tonight

-- Spoken:
"Hey, Jimmy, It s Glenn"
"Glenn, How ya doin ?"
"Fine man, I m goin on the road.
Do you know anybody who could possibly house-sit for me?"
"I got these two great guys that look after my place.
Man, they re the best!"

- Notes:
Background Vocals: Jimmy Buffett, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit
Featuring Mark O Connor on fiddle