When The Coast Is Clear

(for Emery Clark, who paints it better than I can say it) They're closin' down the hangout The air is turnin' cool They'are shuttin' off the "superslide" The kids are back in school The tourist traps are empty Vacancy abounds Almost like it used to be Before the circus came to town (CHORUS) That's when it always happens Same time every year I come down to talk to me When the coast is clear Hello mister other me It's been a long time We hardly get to have these chats That in itself's a crime So tell me all your troubles I'll surely tell you mine We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke And have a glass of wine (CHORUS) That's where it always happens Same place every year I come down and talk to me When the coast is clear (INSTRUMENTAL) It's the only place he knows Where it always happens Same place every year I come down and talk to me When the coast is clear --- When the Coast Is Clear - Jimmy Buffett