Love In The Library

Love in the Library (from the Jimmy Buffett album _Fruitcakes_) 
By: Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally  
1994 
 
        Bm                       A 
On the corner of Government and Bay Avenue  
         Bm                      A 
The old doomsday fanatic wore a crown of kudzu  
 D           A              E            A 
Sirens were wailing in the Gulf Coastal heat  
        G               D               E 
And it seemed like the whole world was in forced retreat 
 
 
Paid no attention, revolved through the door 
Past the newspaper racks on the worn marble floor 
Near Civil War history my heart skipped a beat 
She was standing in fiction stretched high on bare feet  
 
 D           A 
Love in the library  
 E         A 
Quiet and cool  
 D           A 
Love in the library  
 E            A 
There are no rules  
    E          A 
Surrounded by stories  
    E           A 
Surreal and sublime  
           D           A 
I fell in love in the library  
 E           A 
Once upon a time  
 
I was the pirate, she was the queen  
Sir Francis and Elizabeth, the best there's ever been  
Then she strolled past my table and stopped at the stairs  
Then sent me a smile as she reached for Flaubert  
 
Love in the library  
Quiet and cool  
Love in the library  
There are no rules  
Surrounded by stories  
Surreal and sublime  
I fell in love in the library  
Once upon a time 
 
Solo:  Bm  A  Bm  A 
 
She gathered her books, walked while she read  
Words never spoken, but so much was said  
You can read all you want into this rendezvous  
But it's safer than most things that lovers can do  
 
Well stories have endings, fantasies fade  
And the guard by the door starts drawing the shade  
So write your own ending and hope it comes true  
For the lovers and strangers on Bay Avenue  
Love in the library  
Quiet and cool  
Love in the library  
There are no rules  
Surrounded by stories  
Surreal and sublime  
I fell in love in the library  
Once upon a time  
 
Surrounded by stories  
Surreal and sublime  
I fell in love in the library  
Once upon a time 
 
 
transcribed by Arleen Myers ([email protected]) June 1995