Jimmy Buffett - Death Of An Unpopular Poet Lyrics

I once knew a poet

Lived before his time

He and his dog, Spooner

Listen while he'd rhyme

Words to make you happy

Words to make you cry

Then one day the poet

Suddenly did die

But he left behind a closet

Filled with verse and rhyme

Through some strange transaction

One was printed in the Times

And everybody's searchin'

For the king of underground

Well, they found him down in Florida

With a tombstone for a crown

Everybody knows a line

From his book that cost four ninety nine

I wonder if he knows he's doin'

Quite this fine

'Cause his books are all best sellers

And his poems were turned to song

Had his brother on a talk show

Though they never got along

And now he's called immortal

Yes, he's even taught in school

They say, he used his talents

A most proficient tool

But he left all of his royalties

To Spooner, his old hound

Growin' old on steak and bacon

In a doghouse, ten feet 'round

And everybody wonders

Did he really lose his mind

No, he was just a poet who lived before his time

He was just a poet who lived before his time