Equal Strain on All Parts Lyrics

[Caribbean Soul 9]

Equal Strain on all Parts
Equal Strain on All Parts
Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band

All those little things that my grandfather said
Not so little now in my grown up head
I didn’t always see the wisdom at the time
But I’m older now

Right after lunch and a cafe royal
He’d take his combat nap
And slip away to God knows where
Beneath his weathered cap

And doze off with that parlance
I came to understand

Equal strain on all parts
Son, whatever course you set
It’ll ease the pain on backs and brains and hearts
It’s a solid thing to wish for
It’s the wrong thing to forget

Lying in this hammock now
it sure feels good to get
An equal strain on all parts

It works on land, it works at sea
For creatures big and small
Cooling down our cylinders
Living’s a long haul

Jokes and songs and traveling
They lift the fog
Words from a Newfie cabin boy
Still steer me near and far
And I’ll pass them on in poems and songs
Before I cross the bar

It’s worth a little time and space
To understand

Equal strain on all parts
whatever course you set
It’ll ease the pain on backs and brains and hearts
It’s a solid thing to wish for
It’s the wrong thing to forget

Lying in this hammock now
it sure feels good to get
An equal strain on all parts