"He Went to Paris" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett.
Buffett was inspired to write the song after meeting musician Eddie Balchowsky,[2][3][4] a one-armed veteran of the Spanish Civil War he met while playing in Chicago.
Buffett included a live version, recorded in Paris, France in 2009, on his album "Encores".
Outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings covered the song on his 1980 album Music Man.
Country singer Doug Supernaw covered the song on his 1994 album Deep Thoughts From a Shallow Mind.