By: Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Vince Melamed, Josh Leo, 

Willie Weeks, Matt Betton 

For all of those who have dared to try, made it, and lived to tell about it. 

-- Spoken: 

"He told it to the monkeys and they didn't talk back" 

"Then he told the old iguana and he didn't attack" 



They told me before I started 

That it never ever would work out 

Stay in school, don't be a fool 

But I had to see what life was about 



So I went to Biloxi seekin' fortune and fame 

I got hired, I got fired, I got called dirty names 

You'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again 

You'll never (never), no never (never) 

Never work in dis bidness again 



I knew I needed representation 

And I found it one night in a bar 

He was a bondsman and a part-time agent 

And he said that he would make me a star 



He said', "Aaaah, you don't have to be that good 

To make it out in Hollywood 

You just have to change and complain" 

Or you'll never (never), never (never), work in dis bidness again 

You'll never (never), no never (never) 

Never work in dis bidness again 



(synth and horn instrumental) 



I parked cars at the Rainbow 

I sold maps of the stars 

I got my nose broke in Spago's 

When I puked on the bar 



And all I played's a double barmitzvah 

(Bubba played a double barmitzvah!) 



It's a jungle out there (we love it) 

Hell, I don't care 

I'm going back to my predator friends 

I will never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again 

No I'll never (never), no never (never) 

Never work in this bidness again 

You'll never (never), never (never), work in this bidness again 



-- Spoken: 

"Ah, relax, vhere do you tink you're going vit dat suitcase?" 

"I'm outta here!" 

"You're leaving?! Vat about my fifteen percent?" 

"Fifteen percent of nothin' is nothin'!" 

"Young man, you leave now and you'll never..." 

"I'll never..." 

"You'll never..." 

"Work in dis..." 

"Bizness..." 

"Bidness..." 

"AGAIN!!" 



- Notes: 

The parts of Jimmy Buffett and his manager played by Vince Melamed