Ballad Of Spider John Lyrics

The song Ballad Of Spider John is performed by Jimmy Buffett in the album named Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads in the year 1992 .



Ballad of spider john
By: willis a. ramsey
1974
"spider john" is my name friend
I'm in between freights and I sure would be obliged
If you'd share your company

I know this may sound strange to you
But if you wait till the song is sung and the story is told
You might come to understand
Oh, I'm old and bent and devil sent, runnin' out of time
When I long ago held a royal flush in my hand

Chorus:
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit old spider john the robber-man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old spider john with a loaded hand, takin' ransom

Then one day I met diamond lill
She was the sweetest thing, I declare
That the summer breeze had ever blown my way
But lilly she had no idea, of my illustrious occupation
She thought I was a saint, not a sinner, gone astray
But you see that the word got around and lilly left town
Never saw her again
Tossin' and turnin', 'causin' my heart to grieve

Chorus:
Oh, I was a supermarket fool
I was a motor bank stool-pidgeon, robbin' my hometown
I thought I lost my blues, yes I thought I paid my dues
I thought I'd found a life to suit my style
But here I sit old spider john the robber-man
Long, tall, and handsome
Yes, old spider john with a loaded hand, takin' ransom

That is all my story
It's been these thirty years since I took to the road
To find my precious jewel one
And if you see my lilly, won't you give her my regards
Tell her ole spider got tangled in the black web that he spun
You can tell her ole spider got tangled the black web that he spun



Jimmy Buffett - Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads

May 1992

  1. Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
  2. Havana Daydreamin'
  3. Mañana
  4. Treat Her Like A Lady
  5. Steamer
  6. Jolly Mon Sing
  7. Nautical Wheelers
  8. Take It Back
  9. On A Slow Boat To China
  10. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
  11. Love And Luck
  12. The Captain And The Kid
  13. Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
  14. Boat Drinks
  15. One Particular Harbour
  16. A Pirate Looks At Forty
  17. Lovely Cruise
  18. Margaritaville
  19. Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit
  20. Ragtop Day
  21. Frank And Lola
  22. Tin Cup Chalice
  23. Knees Of My Heart
  24. Money Back Guarantee
  25. When The Coast Is Clear
  26. Biloxi
  27. Distantly In Love
  28. Coconut Telegraph
  29. Stars On The Water
  30. Who's The Blonde Stranger?
  31. I Have Found Me A Home
  32. Christmas In The Caribbean
  33. Volcano
  34. Brown Eyed Girl
  35. Cheeseburger In Paradise
  36. Fins
  37. The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
  38. Tampico Trauma
  39. Livingston Saturday Night
  40. Cuban Crime Of Passion
  41. First Look
  42. The Wino And I Know
  43. The Great Filling Station Holdup
  44. Why Don't We Get Drunk
  45. Elvis Imitators
  46. Pencil Thin Mustache
  47. Kick It In Second Wind
  48. Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana)
  49. When Salome Plays The Drum
  50. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
  51. The Pascagoula Run
  52. Sending The Old Man Home
  53. Domino College
  54. Come Monday
  55. Defying Gravity
  56. Survive
  57. Incommunicado
  58. I Heard I Was In Town
  59. Ballad Of Spider John
  60. Little Miss Magic
  61. If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
  62. African Friend
  63. California Promises
  64. Everlasting Moon
  65. Pre-You
  66. Middle Of The Night
  67. Coast Of Marseilles
  68. Island
  69. He Went To Paris
  70. Stars Fell On Alabama
  71. Changing Channels
  72. Twelve Volt Man

Ballad Of Spider John