Jimmy, Thanks For The Ride Lyrics

This journey started years ago in stoned mellow funk

When I first heard your song… God's Own Drunk.

Since then I've been a Parrothead with a lifestyle I enjoy

Your Carribean music from Barbados to St. Croix

Well Jimmy, thanks for the ride,

We've travel miles and have survived.

From God's Own Drunk to Bubbles Up this ride took many years,

You didn't Stop the Carnival over all this time.

You had the knack of turnin' a lifestyle into rhyme.

With Fruitcakes in the oven everything's been really nice,

We all enjoyed our Cheeseburgers of course in "Paradise"

And then there was Frank Bama, the pilot we all knew,

From Miami Vice to Congo, just to name a few.

Yes Jimmy, thanks for the ride,

We've travel miles and have survived.

From Down to Earth to Equal Strain this ride took many years.

You didn't Stop the Carnival over all this time.

You had the knack of turnin' a lifestyle into rhyme.

That pirate kept a lookin' at the years as they flew by

This Son of a Sailor sailed under a starry sky

For all these years your attitude, well, it never changed

And a Last Mango in Paris still can be arranged.

Instrumental riff

This journey's gone from A1A to the Far Side of the World

Somewhere Over China I met that Brown Eyed Girl

You gave us Margaritaville, and that was just the start

Now you're gone but left us with The Songs We Know By Heart.

Yes Jimmy, thanks for the ride,

We've travel miles and have survived.

From a White Sport Coat to Bama Breeze this ride took many years.

You didn't Stop the Carnival over all this time.

You had the knack of turnin' a lifestyle into rhyme.

Yes you had the knack of turnin' a lifestyle into rhyme.