There's a cowboy in the jungle and he looks so out of place
With his shrimp-skin boots and his cheap cheroots and his skin as white as paste
Headin' south to Paraguay where the Gauchos sing and shout
Now he's stuck in Porto Bello since his money all ran out
So he hangs out with the sailors, night and day they're raisin' hell
And his original destination's just another story that he loves to tell
With no plans for the future, he still seems in control
From a bronco ride to a ten foot tide, he just had to learn to roll
Roll with the punches, played all of his hunches
Make the best of whatever came his way
What he lacked in ambition he made up with intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
Steel band in the distance and their music floats across the bay
While American women in moo-moo's talk about all the things they did today
And their husbands quack about fishing as they slug those rum drinks down
Discussing who caught what and who sat on his butt but it's the only show in town
They're tryin' to drink all the punches, they all may lose their lunches
Tryin' to cram lost years into five or six days
Seems that blind ambition erased their intuition
Plowin' straight ahead come what may
I don't want to live on that kind of island
No, I don't want to swim in a roped off sea
It's too much for me, too much for me
I've got to be where the wind and the water are free
Alone on a midnight passage I can count the falling stars
While the Southern Cross and the satellites they remind me of where we are
Spinning around in circles, living it day to day
And still twenty four hours may be sixty good years
It's really not that long a stay
We've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Makin' the best of whatever comes your way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowin' straight ahead come what may
And there's a cowboy in the jungle
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