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Palm Trees, Nice Weather, And A Couple Of Drinks

from The Stories I Can Tell by Gary Snead

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A while back, my Parrot Head friend, Steve Valentini and I were chatting through Facebook, and he ended our online conversation with a post about getting together one day soon, in a place with palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks... Well, with me being someone that can't let a great song title get away, that got me going, and this song was born... With many thanks to Steve (who gets writing credit with me for his contribution) for the inspiration, here's the finished product!

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Palm Trees, Nice Weather And A Couple Of Drinks
©2010 Words by Gary Snead and Steve Valentini Music by Gary Snead

I was chatting with a friend of mine,
Catching up while we were both online,
We hadn't gotten together in a couple of years,
Discussing jobs and our families,
When we decided that him and me,
Needed to rendevous and have ourselves a few beers

We started thinking about meeting places,
Somewhere warm with familiar faces,
With tiki bars and no sign of a single ice rink,
He said where didn't really matter,
As long as the place we chose to gather,
Has palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks

Chorus 1:
We want, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks,
A place that don't mind a few juvenile hi-jinks,
Where conch fritters are fried in beer batter,
And what you're wearing doesn't really matter,
Give us, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks

Solo

Chorus 2:
We want, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks,
Our golf clubs and 18 holes on some tropical links,
Where steamed shrimp beats fried in beer batter,
And walking barefoot don't really matter,
We want, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks,

We want, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks,

Give us, palm trees, nice weather and a couple of drinks...

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from The Stories I Can Tell, released October 20, 2010
Written, performed, recorded, and produced by Gary Snead

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Gary Snead Richmond, Virginia

I'm a singer, songwriter, and acoustic performer, specializing in Tropical Americana music.

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