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Portugal or PEI Lyrics (help!)

Posted: September 29, 2023 5:35 pm
by Caribbean Soul 9
I've always found it fun to try to transcribe JB lyrics. This tune has pushed my ears to the brink. I love it but I am stuck on a few. The song is available on YouTube if you haven't heard it. These are the lyrics I've tried to capture. If anyone can fill in/correct the ?'s - please do!

Portugal or PEI
Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band
Equal Strain on All Parts

I guess that I was born with that nomad gene
There’s very little of this planet that I have not seen
Everybody’s on a soapbox
Influencers and phones
TikTok, Tommy rock, round the clock
But I’m still thinkin Rolling Stones

So where am I gonna go
When the volcanoes blow?
Everybody’s askin’ all the time

Contemplating my back bay (?)
Or a beach bar near Sargray (?)
Im sure Ill find a way
Till then I’ll be in the conga line

Hopin' (?) Portugal or PEI
Layin low or staying high
I got my good friends close
And trouble far away
Music on a beach cross singin sand
No big deal, no master plan
We’ll be alright come Monday

I’ll hopscotch cross the ocean
On a friendly archipelago
Where women sing Togaya
And the marijuana grows

I’m thinkin (?)
Where the Portuguese fished long ago
Speak a little nigma (?) when I can
And the (?)

where am I gonna go
When the volcanoes blow?
Everybody’s askin’ all the time

Contemplating my back bay
Or a beach bar near Sargray (?)
Im sure Ill find a way
Till then I’ll be in the conga line

Hopin' (?) Portugal or PEI
Layin low or staying high
I got my good friends close
And trouble far away
Music on a beach cross singin sand
No big deal, no master plan
We’ll be alright come Monday

Everybody’s on a soapbox
And there’s way too many phones
Everybody’s playin TikTok, Tommy rock
And I still love the Rolling Stones

Life is always better when you
Add a little island
A lot of voice just love me wine
Maybe a pub on PEI

With somebody singin in Portuguese
On a sandbar feel the ocean breeze
Right now that sounds real good to me
I really like those possibilities

Till then I’ll be in the conga line
Where’m I gonna go?

Till then I’ll be in the conga line
Where’m I gonna go?

Till then I’ll be in the conga line
Where’m I gonna go?

Till then I’ll be in the conga line
Where’m I gonna go?

Where’m I gonna go?

Re: Portugal or PEI Lyrics (help!)

Posted: October 1, 2023 7:31 pm
by Caribbean Soul
I wish I could help you...
But this is the one song I missed as I was at a wedding rehearsal dinner...
As a Lennie Gallant fan I was bummed this was the tune released on the 15th.
Oh well... I will have to wait until November now.

Re: Portugal or PEI Lyrics (help!)

Posted: October 2, 2023 9:45 am
by Caribbean Soul 9
Hey there - if you want to hear it, someone posted it on youtube. It's a great tune!

Re: Portugal or PEI Lyrics (help!)

Posted: October 2, 2023 10:44 pm
by Caribbean Soul
Caribbean Soul 9 wrote: October 2, 2023 9:45 am Hey there - if you want to hear it, someone posted it on youtube. It's a great tune!
THANKS! The last time I looked it was not posted there yet!