Changing Channels 
By: Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally 
1989 
Girl of a thousand faces 
From a long line of basket cases 
Daughter of a fortune teller 
Oh the lovely Isabella 

Chorus: 
She's changing channels 
Stayin' on her toes 
She's just changing channels 
As she goes 

This place is full of beachhead sailors 
Fishermen and old retailers 
Simple lives are so deep seated 
And history always gets repeated 

Some folks see a birds eye view 
Others haven't got a clue 
Some will go and some will stay 
It doesn't matter anyway 

Chorus: 
They are changing channels 
Crazy girls and boys 
They'll be changing channels 
Changing toys 

Survivors of tidal waves 
Children of former slaves 
Strange how they all behave 
Like it's another world 

There's an island in the ocean 
Where the people stay in motion 
Somewhere on the old gulf stream 
Do they live or did I dream 

Chorus: 
They were changing channels 
Waitin' for their sails to fill 
They'll be changing channels 
Always will 

They'll be changing channels 
Waitin' for their sails to fill 
They'll be changing channels 
Always will 

To Joseph Campbell and Bruce Chadwick whose words and thoughts were an 
inspiration. To Charlie Allen and Lt. Jim "Amos" Anderson whose spirits 
linger with me though their days on the planet were far too few.