Love in the Library by Jimmy Buffet

Now, I know my blog is a book-review blog and I aim to keep it on focus.
But I have to tell you of my favorite song which happens to be book-related.

Love in the Library



By: Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally


1994

On the corner of Government and Bay Avenue

The old doomsday fanatic wore a crown of kudzu

Sirens were wailing in the Gulf Coastal heat

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



Chorus:

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



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



Chorus:

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



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



Chorus:

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