By: Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally 
For Emery Clark, who paints it better than I can say it 
They're closin' down the hangout 
The air is turnin' cool 
They're shuttin' off the superslide 
The kids are back in school 

The tourist traps are empty 
Vacancy abounds 
Almost like it used to be 
Before the circus came to town 

Chorus: 
That's when it always happens 
The same time every year 
I come down to talk to me 
When the coast is clear 

Hello mister other me 
It's been a long long time 
We hardly get to have these chats 
That in itself's a crime 

So tell me all your troubles 
I'll surely tell you mine 
We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke and 
Have a glass of wine 

Chorus: 
That's where it always happens 
The same place every year 
I come down to talk to me 
When the coast is clear 

(instrumental) 

(It's the only place he knows) 
Where it always happens 
The same place every year 
I still come down to talk to me 
When the coast is clear