back toward the turn of the century you know mark twain took a trip around the world on a steamship and he wrote a book called following the equator and the opening page has a dedication that says be good and you will be lonesome which for me still seems to work in the fabulous eighties jason mason hears the sound the whistle blows in congo town and the mail boat s in mail boat s in brings him things from oh so far old magazines and snicker bars a simple man a simple plan the world s too big to understand be good and you will be lonesome be lonesome and you will be free live a lie and you will live to regret it that s what livin is to me that s what livin is to me on a timeless beach in hispaniola young girl sips a diet cola she s worlds apart worlds apart spirit of the black king still reverberates through haitian hills he rules the sea and all the fish what if he had a tv dish be good and you will be lonesome be lonesome and you will be free live a lie and you will live to regret it that s what livin is to me that s what livin is to me now in the far off regions the foreign legion keep the thieves and the predators at bay while closer to home some bad boys still roam the streets aren t safe so give it one more day one more day one more day  stories from my favorite books still take on many different looks and i m gone again home again the time has come the walrus said and little oysters hide their head my twain of thought is loosely bound i guess it s time to mark this down be good and you will be lonesome be lonesome and you will be free live a lie and you will live to regret it that s what livin is to me that s what livin is to me that s what livin is to me that s what livin is to me thank you mark