Margaritaville

Margaritaville

I was listening to Jimmy Buffet sing the song Margaritaville on the radio. I misunderstood the one phrase and thought Jimmy was brilliant.

CORRECT LYRIC
All of those tourists covered with oil

HOW I HEARD IT
All of those tourists covered with AWE

I was really thinking Jimmy has snuck in a insight that was thrilling to me, however on looking up the words on the internet it went back to normal. What happens is this, as a person sitting around a lot, - Wasting Away - a lot, I have slowly become more annoyed by tourist and travelers. It comes down to Awe, they walk around with this glossy look on their faces. Plus then they are - True Believers. - The believe this is better than anything they ever experienced. There is sort of transference of a small snapshot of their life, they then believe the location is better than home or anywhere. It is really walking around in AWE, or maybe a Fog. Comparisons can lead a mind a stray. The place Jimmy talks about is real, at least to me, I search for it all the time.

By: Jimmy Buffett
1977
Nibblin? on sponge cake
Watchin? the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
(All of those tourists covered with AWE)
Strummin? my six-string
On my front porch swing
Smell those shrimp they?re beginnin? to boil

Chorus:
Wastin? away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there?s a woman to blame
But I know it?s nobody?s fault

I don?t know the reason
I stayed here all season
Nothin? to show but this brand new tattoo
But it?s a real beauty
A mexican cutie
How it got here I haven?t a clue

Chorus:
Wastin? away again in margaritaville
Searchin? for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there?s a woman to blame
Now I think
Hell, it could be my fault

I blew out my flip-flop
Stepped on a pop-top
Cut my heel had to cruise on back home
But there?s booze in the blender
And soon it will render
That frozen concoction that helps me hang on

Wastin? away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim that there?s a woman to blame
But I know it?s my own damn fault
Yes and some people claim that there?s a woman to blame
And I know it?s my own damn fault

Margaritaville