Lyrics to
Travelin’ Clean

Released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971
From the Album: High Cumberland Jubilee |

This version of Travelin’ Clean was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971.

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You go to Fargo
We’ll meet in Chicago
Travelin’ light and travelin’ clean
In my nine wheel blue and white travelin’ machine
And I’m gone I’m movin’ on yes I’m gone

No time to look back
We’ve crossed the last track
Travelin’ free and travelin’ wild
With my barefoot blue-eyed travelin’ child
And I’m gone I’m movin’ on yes I’m gone
Run away Queen
Travelin ‘clean

You tell your mother
That you love another
Runnin’ with a free-born man
That asks more of you than your hand
And I’m gone I’m movin’ on yes I’m gone
Run away Queen
Travelin ‘clean

You go to Fargo
We’ll meet in Chicago
Travelin’ light and travelin’ clean
In my nine wheel blue and white travelin’ machine
And I’m gone I’m movin’ on yes I’m gone
Come away travelin’ queen


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Jimmy Buffett has released many songs over the years besides Travelin’ Clean. Jimmy Buffett released songs from 1970 to 2004 spanning across albums like Down To Earth, High Cumberland Jubilee, A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean, A1A, Living And Dying In 3/4 Time, Havana Daydreamin', Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, Volcano, Coconut Telegraph, Somewhere Over China, One Particular Harbour, Riddles In The Sand, Last Mango In Paris, Floridays, Hot Water, Off To See The Lizard, Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, Fruitcakes, Barometer Soup, Christmas Island, Banana Wind, Beach House On The Moon, Far Side Of The World, and License To Chill. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jimmy Buffett.

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About Lyrics and Travelin’ Clean by Jimmy Buffett

The lyrics for Travelin’ Clean are defined as the words making up the song released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Travelin’ Clean have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jimmy Buffett and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Travelin’ Clean by Jimmy Buffett if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Travelin’ Clean" means the words set to the music of Travelin’ Clean, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Travelin’ Clean and the lyrics to Travelin’ Clean are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to Travelin’ Clean, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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