jimmy buffett-i will play for gumbo Lyrics

i don’t smoke
i don’t shoot smack
but i got a spicy monkey ridin’ on my back. don’t eat beignets
too much sugar and dough
but i will play for gumbo
yes
i will play for gumbo
it started at my grandma’s kitchen by the sea
she warned me when she told me son the first one’s free” it hit me like a rock or some taikwondo cause i will play for gumbo oh yea i will play for gumbo. a piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl good for the body. good for the soul. it’s a little like religion and a lot like sex. you should never know when you’re gonna get it next. at midnight in the quarter or noon in thibadeaux i will play for gumbo yes i will play for gumbo. i’m not talkin’ quesadillas or a dozen krispy kremes or a pound of caviar that’s a rich man’s dream. no banana split or fillet of pompano. no i will play for gumbo yeah i will play for gumbo maybe it’s the sausage or those pretty pink shrimp or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp. maybe it’s that voodoo from marie leveaux but i will play for gumbo yeah i will play for gumbo the sauce boss does his cookin’ on the stage stirrin’ and a singing for his nightly wage. sweating and frettin’ from his head to his toe playin’ and swayin’ with the gumbo prayin’ and buffetin’ with the gumbo
jimmy buffett”