The song Sending The Old Man Home is performed by Jimmy Buffett in the album named Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads in the year 1992 .
Sending the old man home
By: jimmy buffett
1979
They're sendin' the old man home
Back where the buffalo roam
Out in the pacific, they say he was the best
Now he's in his "civies", headin' home like all the rest
He'll never forget rosa lee
Or sleepless nights he fought upon the sea
He'll only have the memories
Or great books by james jones
'cause they're sendin' the old man home
Faraway (faraway)
Faraway (faraway)
Another life so very far away
They'll tear down the officers clubs
And write off the overdue subs
So let's drink to their memories
Our heroes and our pals
To those crazy navy flyers
To those swell hawaiian gals
The sailors will dance in the street
Then they'll mothball the whole damn fleet
We'll only have the picture books
Of land, and sea, and foam
'cause they're sendin' the old man home
He'll only have his memories
Or great books by james jones
'cause they're sendin' the old man home
Notes -
Background vocals: jimmy buffett, james taylor, deborah mccoll
Jimmy Buffett - Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
- Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
- Havana Daydreamin'
- Mañana
- Treat Her Like A Lady
- Steamer
- Jolly Mon Sing
- Nautical Wheelers
- Take It Back
- On A Slow Boat To China
- Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
- Love And Luck
- The Captain And The Kid
- Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season
- Boat Drinks
- One Particular Harbour
- A Pirate Looks At Forty
- Lovely Cruise
- Margaritaville
- Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit
- Ragtop Day
- Frank And Lola
- Tin Cup Chalice
- Knees Of My Heart
- Money Back Guarantee
- When The Coast Is Clear
- Biloxi
- Distantly In Love
- Coconut Telegraph
- Stars On The Water
- Who's The Blonde Stranger?
- I Have Found Me A Home
- Christmas In The Caribbean
- Volcano
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Cheeseburger In Paradise
- Fins
- The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
- Tampico Trauma
- Livingston Saturday Night
- Cuban Crime Of Passion
- First Look
- The Wino And I Know
- The Great Filling Station Holdup
- Why Don't We Get Drunk
- Elvis Imitators
- Pencil Thin Mustache
- Kick It In Second Wind
- Desperation Samba (Halloween In Tijuana)
- When Salome Plays The Drum
- They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
- The Pascagoula Run
- Sending The Old Man Home
- Domino College
- Come Monday
- Defying Gravity
- Survive
- Incommunicado
- I Heard I Was In Town
- Ballad Of Spider John
- Little Miss Magic
- If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
- African Friend
- California Promises
- Everlasting Moon
- Pre-You
- Middle Of The Night
- Coast Of Marseilles
- Island
- He Went To Paris
- Stars Fell On Alabama
- Changing Channels
- Twelve Volt Man