Treat Her Like A Lady

Treat Her Like a Lady From the Jimmy Buffett album _Volcano_ By: Jimmy Buffett, David Loggins 1979 Chorus: C Some of us sailors call her home She's big and she's strong and she's mighty F Dm7 Some of us sailors call her our own G G7 Guess that's the reason why C Am I treat her like a lady F Dm7 Just treat her like a la -- dy C Now I don't like the sound of the ground movin' 'round F Or winds spinnin' out of control G G7 California earthquakes, only seem to make a' me C Shake, rattle, and roll I've been too long on the mainland Hotels, rental cars, and phones Time to cast 'em aside, catch the very next tide And go back, where I belong Chorus: Some of us sailors call her home She's big and she's strong and she's mighty Some of us sailors call her our own Guess that's the reason why I treat her like a lady Treat her like a lady Now great whales travel the rhumb lines Dodging those deadly harpoons Spawning their young, as their ancestors done In the depths of her hidden lagoons There're times I find myself with them And times I feel as they do We're on a similar course, it's just a different source But I'm in danger of extinction too Chorus: Some of us sailors call her home She's big and she's strong and she's mighty Some of us sailors call her our own Guess that's the reason why I treat her like a lady Treat her like a lady Treat her like a lady Treat her like a lady And miss her when I'm gone (Lady, lady) treat her like a lady (Lady, lady) treat her like a lady (Lady, lady) got to treat her like a lady (Lady, lady) treat her like a lady Lady, lady Lady, lady Lady, lady transcribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) July 1995