Coconut Telegraph - Live

By: Jimmy Buffett
 1980
 For the gang at the Fish House
 Tuesday on the island
 Not much goin' on
 The parties are all over
 They ended just past dawn
 The jungle drums are beating
 With the tales from late last night
 'Cause stories bear repeating
 For everyone's delight
 You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 Can't keep nothin' under their hat
 You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 Sayin' who did dis and dat
 Dis and dat, Dis and dat
 Now I'm not one to deal in gossip
 But was he that big a fool
 To do a belly-buster high dive
 And miss the entire pool
 And what became of sweet Melissa
 And the boy nobody knew
 Did Ricardo ever find her
 I swear it's just between me and you
 But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 By now everybody knows
 You can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 Just who comes and goes
 Comes and goes, comes and goes
 La, la la la, la la la
 La, la la la, la la la
 La, la la la, (la la la la la la la)
 La, la la la, (la la la la la la oooooh)
 Ah!
 It's hump day on the island
 The lines have all gone dead
 All the juicy news is history
 I guess everything's been said
 But when the eagle flies on Friday
 And the boys break out the rum
 And the joint begins to jumpin'
 And you'll hear those hot lines hum
 Ah, put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 All the celebration and the stress
 Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 In twenty-five words or less
 I want to hear it on the coconut telgraph (telegraph)
 All the celebration and the stress
 Baby put it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph)
 In twenty-five words or less
 Dis and dat, Comes and goes
 Dis and dat, Comes and goes