Jimmy Buffett - Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling lyrics

by: Jimmy Buffett

she was no marine back from the Philippines

she was their pride and joy, their incarnation

her parents viewed the chief with shock and disbelief

looking for some other explanation

the indian on her back was poised for an attack

she said a tatoo is a badge of validation

but the truth of the matter is far more revealing

it's a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

permanent reminder

of a temporary feeling

amnesiac episodes that never go away

it's no complex momemto it's not set of revealing

just a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

Vegas in the rain

drunk on cheap champagne

he hears out of tune synthesized chapel bells painfully ringing

where's his limo ride

who's this foreign bride

is that really Elvis spinning around the ceiling

permanent reminder

of a temporary feeling

forgotten fabrications in the chapels of love

what's this ring on his finger

why is he kneeling

she's just a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

Chromosomes and genes

spawn these fateful scenes

evolution can be mean

there's no dumbass vaccine

blame your DNA

you're a victim of your fate

it's human nature to miscalculate

to make up for the fight

they go out for the night

sex drugs and rock n roll seem like the easiest answer

but a short nine months later

there's no way of concealing

that permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

permanent reminder

of a temporary feeling

amnesiac episodes that never go away

complex momentos not subtle revealings

just a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

permanent reminder of a temporary feeling

permanent reminder of a temporary feeling