Key: G

(w/m by Jimmy Buffett)



The weather channel girl with her perfect weather curl

Is talkin' cold, cold, cold.

You can't get out of bed, you can't remember what you've said,

You're feelin' old, old, old.

Is it a fever or depression, anger or obsession,

What's the remedy?

We're not talkin' rocket science, the answer to your question's

Very plain to see.



Chorus: You need a Holiday, (you need a holiday) take a Holiday (take a

holiday).

Find a far-off wonderland where you might regain

Command of your life today.

Take a Holiday, (take a holiday) you need a Holiday (you need a holiday).

Grab a pack and hit the trail, take a sail

And wind up in some moonlit bay.



2nd Ver: You're caught up in the Internet,

You think it's such a great asset, but you're wrong, wrong, wrong.

And all that fiber optic gear

Still cannot take away the fear like an island song.

Disregard confession, stop tryin' to make impressions

On your corporate climb.

It might come as quite a shock but you can't really own that rock,

It's just a waste of time (state of mind).



Chorus: So take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Find a place to find yourself, take your life down off that shelf,

Quit actin' so blase.

Take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Grab a pack and hit the trail, take a sail

And wind up in some moonlit bay.



Trombone Instrumental (C / Cm6 / G / D-2 / E-2 / Am / D-2 / D+ 2 / G / G7 )



Steel Drum Instr (C / Cm6 / G / D-2 / E-2 / Am / D-2 / D+ 2 / G / -notes

B-Bb-A-Ab-G)



3rd Ver: Well it's only up to you, no one else can tell you to

Go out and have some fun.

Though if you want to stay alive, evade the big nose dive,

Be a ko-mee-dee-yun.



Chorus: And take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Find a far-off wonderland where you might regain

Command of your life today.

Take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Grab a pack and hit the trail, take a sail

And wind up in some moonlit bay.



Chorus: So take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Find a place to find yourself, take your life down off that shelf,

Quit actin' so blase.

Take a Holiday. You need a Holiday.

Grab a pack and hit the trail, take a sail

And wind up in some moonlit bay.



(lyrics submitted by T.R. Violante from CD liner but using the actual words

sung

by Buffett