Distantly in love
By: jimmy buffett
1983
For jane and savannah jane
Payphones all were ringing as the crowd went roarin by
Lovely dancers swayin to an island lullaby
Beside the southern ocean taking stock of whats to be
Writing you this letter that youll probably never see
Chorus:
But I cant help but be
Ruled by inconsistencies
Not unique just distantly in love
Tried to phone from paris thinking things could be arranged
Me and you would rendezvous but I found your number changed
So I drove to san remo where the crazy painter dwells
Toasted our old photograph still up there on his shelf
Chorus:
But I cant help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love
I cant be the one to fill
Your times and all your places
I cant be the one to fill
Your blanks and empty spaces
I heard it from a friend of ours I saw in timber bay
You had a new lover who had stolen you away
That could be the reason that I never got in touch
May present slight problems if he loves you half as much
Chorus:
As I who cant help but be
Ruled by my antiquities
Not unique just distantly in love
You know I cant help but be
Part of my own philosophies
Not unique just distantly in love
- notes:
Mandolin: josh leo