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Just An Old Truth Teller

by Jimmy Buffett

from the album Don’t Stop the Carnival

Lyrics

I’m just an old truth teller
I’m your candid friend
I’m not some daydream seller
I do not pretend

I’ve a sense of survival
And screwing my rivals
That’s labeled me crass and uncouth
But I can’t help it I just tell the truth
He can’t help it, he just tells the truth

I’m just an old truth teller
Brutally direct
I see it eye for eye
I’m rarely incorrect
Why call me a sharp trader
A corporate raider
I’m a role model for today’s youth
It’s so simple, I just tell the truth
He can’t help it, he just tells the truth

Why was I born to be right all the time
In deal after deal after deal
Foiling those sharks that are circling my penthouse
Hoping to make me a meal

No good deed goes unpunished
Nothing goes as planned
My ingrate family left me I don’t understand
Where’s your wife? In Alaska
Any sons? In Nebraska
And my daughter milks cows in Duluth

I can’t help it, I just tell the truth

Ohh he can’t help it, he just sells it
He can’t help it, he just tells it
I can’t help it, I just tell the truth