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 On a steamer bound for Baltimore

 I said, that's no fun, I've been there before

 So I jumped ship in Singapore

 With a cook from Mexico

Got a bowl of shark-fin soup

 Ducked into a bar for a couple a scoops

Played some Texas-stud with a circus troop

 And they cleaned me out of dough

They cleaned me out of dough

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

No harm, no foul, no crime

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

It'll get 'em every time

 At dawn they all went back to bed

 I went to Borneo instead

 Had a hair-of-the dog for my shrunken head

 With the Sultan of Brunei

 Had a small bit of a seizure

 On the way to Micronesia

 Got a bad case of amnesia

 And forgot to say goodbye

Forgot to say goodbye

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

No harm, no foul, no crime

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

It'll get 'em every time

Stopped in Tajikistan on the way to Iran

Took a break in Jamaica to work on my tan

Swam from Cayo Fragoso to Carriacou

I climbed Machu Pichu in darkest Peru

Had a pint with the pope and played pool with the queen

She's good with a stick, if you know what I mean

I once had a job riding bulls in Montana

I taught Jimi Hendrix the Star-Spangled Banner

I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau

I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how

I've been to Morocco, Malawi, Macau

I know how to fly, but I won't tell you how

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

No harm, no foul, no crime

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

It'll get 'em every time

 Bought an ice cold Coca-Cola

 From a Congolese high-rollah

 Got deported from Angola

 To a castle on the Rhine

 Ask anyone that knew me

 The Emir of Bahrain sued me

 I was in a Blockbuster movie

 And I didn't make a dime

2X CHORUS.

Greets,

Ben