Eighty dollars round trip   Anywhere you fly   Well, that sounds like a winner   But before I book the flight   Hey, talk me out of Tampa      Well, tell me 'bout New Orleans   Just when is that Mardi Gras?   Well, then how about Chicago?   Is it cold there now or not?   Talk me out of Tampa      I mean surely there's a hurricane due to hit there any day   Won't that close the beaches and the airport?   Or maybe it's still way too hot or did I hear   Somewhere you stopped flyin' into that part of the country?   You can think of somethin' can't ya?   Just talk me out of Tampa      Between that first ride at Busch Gardens   And room eight, Bayside Motel   There's no way around the memories   Don't let me do this to myself   Talk me out of Tampa      I'd just wind up at her front door   She's still living there, I bet   Oh, but what if she's not there alone   There goes what pride that I've got left   Talk me out of Tampa, please      I mean surely there's a hurricane due to hit there any day   Won't that close the beaches and the airport?   Or maybe it's still way too hot or did I hear   Somewhere you stopped flyin' into that part of the country?   You can think of somethin' can't ya?   Just talk me out of Tampa      Put me somewhere   Nowhere even close   To where I feel when my heart broke   Exactly six months ago this weekend      I just need to get away   Without your help, ma'am, I'm afraid   It wouldn't be a getaway at all   You can make up somethin' can't ya?   Just talk me out of Tampa      Eight dollars round trip   Anywhere you fly