Cal.E.'s Korner

He went to Paris looking for answers

To questions that bothered him so

He was impressive, young and aggressive

Saving the world on his own

But the warm summer breezes

The French wines and cheeses

Put his ambition at bay

Summers and winters scattered like splinters

And four or five years slipped away

Then he went to England, played the piano

And married an actress named Kim

They had a fine life, she was a good wife

And bore him a young son named Jim

And all of the answers and all of the questions

He locked in his attic one day

'Cause he liked the quiet, clean country living

And 20 more years slipped away

Well, the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady

And left him with only one eye

His body was battered, his world was shattered

And all he could do was just cry

While the tears were falling, he was recalling

Answers he never found

So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean

And left England without a sound

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's

And drinks his green label each day

Writing his memoirs, losing his hearing

But he don't care what most people say

Through 86 years of perpetual motion

If he likes you he'll smile, then he'll say

"Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic

But I had a good life all the way"

And he went to Paris looking for answers

To questions that bother him so

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Jimmy Buffett

He Went to Paris lyrics © American Broadcasting Music, Inc.

d.: Cal.E., I’m in Paris, where are you?

C.: Oh, we had to leave Paris. We went to Oxford to see the famous university there.

d.: Okay, I’ll hop on a plane to England and meet you there.

Later that same day

d.: Cal.E., I thought that you and ELAC were going to meet me in Oxford, England at the famous university. Where are y’all?

C.: Oh, we’re in Oxford. Ole Miss is in Oxford, Mississippi, but I thought that you knew that, since it’s in your home state and you went to college not too far from there.

d.: I did go to college about 95 miles southeast of there. But, Ole Miss is a long way from Paris, France. How did y'all get there so fast?

C.: Oh, we weren’t in Paris, France, d.c. We were in Paris, Illinois. They have a weapons supply store there, and ELAC insisted on getting some new equipment to fight Meow Z. Tongue, since he’s figured out how to combat everything she now owns.

d.: Okay, then why did y’all go to Ole Miss?

C.: Well, we didn’t want to experiment on intelligent life, so—

d.: Stop, Cal.E. You’re going to get me in trouble.

C.: Anyway, I think that the open fields on the campus were helpful. One had a large screen with a backstop, and the other was one hundred yards long, so we sighted in our rifles there.

d.: So, you shot up Ole Miss’ baseball and football fields?

C.: Yes, why?

d.: Well, I guess that’s okay. Ole Miss won’t need their baseball field until next spring, and the football field is more useful for what y’all used it for than what the football team uses it for.

C.: So, you’ll meet us here so that we can plan our next move?

d.:...I don’t think so, Cal.E. We need to find another place to meet. Me going to Oxford, Mississippi right now might not be wise. Send me a hint as to where we can meet and I’ll catch a flight there. Maybe use a song to tell me where you are going to be, since we both know that Meow Z. Tongue hates music, so he won’t listen to the song that you and the RoCKats sing to tell me where you are. Then, we can discuss our next move tomorrow on Cal.e.’s Korner.