Book on the Shelf

Well, I hope you have fun splashin' in the slack tide
 Unchaperoned over on the flip side
 I write what I know about, made up or true
 These songs aren't for me, they're for you
 Memories like meteors fly through my head
 The sand was pearl white, her bikini bright red
 Retracing song lines gives me goose pimples, still
 Like the trail boards upon Boo Boo Hill
 I know these stories were all lived before me
 Still I've got a couple that I'll keep to myself
 I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star cast
 Some lovely, some crazy, who ever thought this would last?
 You know if I hadn't lived it, I'd read it myself
 Tellin' tall tales is still good for my health
 Keep movin', and listenin', and amusin' myself
 I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf
 We all live some days vicariously
 Blinded by all the light we cannot see
 Handed down stories, cave walls to pens
 Worth tellin' again and again
 I call these modalities great power tubes
 Placed in the hands of dreamers and fools
 We're descended from court jesters, quite sure of that
 Could you kindly pass around the hat?
 And I know these stories were sailed way before me
 Toss a note in a bottle and hope that it helps
 I'm so damn lucky to have an all-star crew
 Some stoic, some crazy, some just passin' through
 I guess music and lyrics are what I do best
 I'm all done explaining or passin' some test
 So pour me another, it's good for my health
 I'm not ready to put the book on the shelf
 I'll keep scribblin' on pages, not jumpin' off stages
 Not ready to put the book on the shelf