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| Sending The Old Man Home Written by: Jimmy Buffett Performed by: Jimmy Buffett Originally from the Album: Volcano (1979) |
| Jimmy’s Notes: This song literally came out of the blue. I was in traction on the top floor of Cedars Sinai hospital with my leg broken for the third time, wondering what else could go wrong. I mean, I had done a few bad things, but nothing to deserve three broken legs. That’s when the earthquake shook the hospital as if it were a cardboard box. I ordered more painkillers and drifted off. There was a movie on TV called The Gallant Hours starring James Cagney as Admiral “Bull” Halsey, and I flashed between the movie and images of my grandfather and the Officers Club at Pearl Harbor. The collage of images stayed with me the next day when I checked out of the hospital and flew home to Alabama where the ground was flat and didn’t move. There I wrote this song. It is still one of my favorites. |
| Lyrics: They're sending the old man home Back where the buffalo roam Out in Pacific they say he was the best Now he's in his "civies" headin' home like all the rest He'll never forget Rosa Lee Far away They'll tear down the officers clubs The sailors will dance in the street `Cause they're sending the old man home He'll only have his memories |
| Shows Played At: |
| 04-28-2011: National Naval Aviation Museum – Pensacola, FL |
| 04-21-2011: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – Charlotte, NC |
| 04-19-2011: Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion – Raleigh, NC |
| 08-14-1996: Virginia Beach Amphitheatre – Virginia Beach, VA |
| 04-20-1995: Jacksonville Coliseum – Jacksonville, FL |
| 11-15-1992: Unknown – Honolulu, HI |
| 07-10-1992: Great Woods – Mansfield, MA |
| 03-14-1980: Palladium – New York, NY |
| 07-29-1979: Greek Amphitheatre – Berkley, CA |
| Number of Shows: 9 |