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The Good Fight

by Jimmy Buffett and J.D. Souther

from the album Coconut Telegraph

Lyrics

They talk about the women too much
Women got ‘em so confused
They don’t talk about their lives as such
My life is all I got to lose

They take it with a grain of salt
And laugh at the complexities
They’re good at pickin’ all the faults
I keep laughin’ so they don’t pick me

Jesus if I had to quit tonight
I’d never know if I was Wrong or right
But That’s just what you get
You gotta go the distance
If you’re gonna fight a good fight, gooood fight
Keep it up & keep a good fight
Good fight

Telephone begins to ring
That could only be one call
I might as well be on the moon
Standin’ in the shower stall

I can’t believe she picked it up
She didn’t know the rules somehow
And then I hear her say hello-hello
Panic in the grey room now

Jesus if I had to quit tonight
She’d tell me whether I was wrong or right
But that’s just what you get
You got to go the distance
If you wanna fight a good fight, gooood fight
Keep it up & keep a good fight
Keep it up & keep a good fight
Good Fight

You never know until you try
It’s hard to see the side your on
Some people say I’m half way here
Some people say I’m half way gone

Jesus if I had to quit tonight
I’d never know If I was wrong or right
But that’s just what you get
You got to go the distance
If you wanna fight a good fight, gooood fight
Keep it up & keep a good fight
Keep it up & keep a good fight
All We Want is Just a Good Fight
Yes It’s gotta be a Good Fight

Jimmy’s Note:

To Muhammed Ali for twenty years of excitement and entertainment.