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