on a steamer bound for baltimore i said thats no fun i ve been there before so i jumped ship in singapore with a cook from mexico got a bowl of shark fin soup ducked into a bar for a couple a scoops played some texas stud with a circus troop and they cleaned me out of dough at dawn they all went back to bed i went to borneo instead had a hair of the dog for my shrunken head with the sultan of brunei had a small bit of a seizure on the way to micronesia got a bad case of amnesia and forgot to say goodbye dont let the truth get in the way of a good story no harm no foul no crime dont let the truth get in the way of a good story itll get em every time stopped in tajikistan on the way to iran took a break in jamaica to work on my tan swam from cayo fragoso to carriacou i climbed machu pichu in darkest peru had a pint with the pope and played pool with the queen who swam circles round a synchronized swimming team i once had a job riding bulls in montana i taught jimi hendrix the star spangled banner ive been to morocco malawi macau i know how to fly but i wont tell you how dont let the truth get in the way of a good story no harm no foul no crime dont let the truth get in the way of a good story itll get em every time bought an ice cold coca cola from a congolese high rollah got deported from angola to a castle on the rhine ask anyone that knew me the emir of bahrain sued me i was in a blockbuster movie and i didnt make a dime dont let the truth get in the way of a good story no harm no foul no crime dont let the truth get in the way of a good story itll get em every time