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University of Bourbon Street (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
Jimmy Buffett
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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jimmy Buffett
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jimmy Buffett
Songwriter
Will Kimbrough
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Utley
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Mac McAnally
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I guess the point of goin' to college
Was to acquire myself a little knowledge
And help me figure out
What life was really all about
[Verse 2]
It made Peets and J.D. happy
And set me wild and free
Then I danced out of Mississippi
To the University of Bourbon Street
[Chorus]
I sang, "Hey Pocky A-way"
Hey
On the streetcar headed uptown
I went to class everyday
Sure did
And never wore a frown
[Chorus]
I was taught by the Neville Brothers
Benny Spellman, and a whole lotta others
That brass brand blew my mind
When I joined in the second line
[Verse 3]
I felt the power of the gris-gris
Got my soul saved by the backbeat
I was branded by Jean Lafitte
At the University of Bourbon Street
[Bridge]
I sang on a paddlewheel boat
Floated down the Mississippi
Helped build a Mardi Gras float
And smoked a joint with a beautiful hippie
[Verse 4]
I heard a church choir sing
"Change my guitar strings"
Thought things just couldn't get better
Till I walked to the Central Grocery
And had myself a muffaletta
[Verse 5]
I took my lunchbox to the streetcar
That Tennessee named, "Desire"
Then I followed my dancin' feet
To the University of Bourbon Street
[Bridge]
Yeah, we got high-class, low rent Voodoo information
Pat O'Brien's hurricane accreditation
Old school sex education
And I learned how to eat
[Chorus]
From the music and the people
To the cookin' and the joy
It really ain't a mystery
I just followed my dancin' feet
To the University of Bourbon Street
[Chorus]
I got my Lucky Dog Ph.D.
At the University of Bourbon Street
Yeah, I just followed my dancin' feet
To the University of Bourbon Street
And a Po' Boy Master's Degree
At the University of Bourbon Street
[Outro]
It's all sweet, darling
University of Bourbon Street
Hand me that umbrella
Follow me to school
University of Bourbon Street
University of Bourbon Street
Written by:
Jimmy Buffett,
Will Kimbrough
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