"Margaritaville" lyrics

"Margaritaville"

Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil
Strummin' my six-string
On my front-porch swing
Smell those shrimp
They're beginnin' to boil

Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt
Some people claim
That there's a woman to blame
But I know it's nobody's fault

Don't know the reason
Stayed here all season
With nothing 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

Wasting 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

Wasting away again in Margaritaville
Searchin' 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


Writer(s): Jimmy Buffett
The song is about a man spending an entire season at a beach resort, enjoying carefree Caribbean lifestyle with margarita cocktails.
There is some lyric confusion about words "Wasted away" in the chorus of the song. The original record sleeve to the "Changes In Latitudes" LP states "Waistin' away", while the official website have this part as "Wasted away".
The song remains Buffett's highest charting solo single. After "Margaritaville" became a hit, Jimmy Buffet launched a restaurant named after the song, which soon grew into a successful restaurant chain.
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