Jimmy Buffett Has A Way With Words
Jan 28th, 2007 by Don Ray
I was just sitting here with Pandora playing music when a song of Jimmy Buffett’s came on that I have not heard before. One of the phrases that is in the song is as follows:
I’m growing older, but not up. … I would rather die while I am living, than live while I’m dead.
Catchy words to aid the memory. Sometimes it is just difficult to remember to practice them.
A phrase from another song I’ve heard a few times recently:
“I’m not as good as I once was, but I’m as good once as I ever was.”
Sorry I don’t know the artist or songwriter, but your line prompted my memory of this.
Yes that is a good one too. The artist is Toby Keith and you can hear it here.
http://www.minibite.com/funstuff/notasgood.htm
How bout this:
I’ve done a little of smugglin
Run my share of grass
Made enough money to buy Miami
But P*ssed it All away too fast
Never meant to last.
“Pilot”
Jimmy B.
Another Buffett fan I see.
Nice songs, but Buffet is didn’t fritter much of it away. In fact, he is a money magnet. He has piles of cash like his cousin Warren.
You are right. I don’t think he is hurting for cash.
I’ve been listening to JB since the late 70s and realized that I liked his early music (”Why Don’t We Get Drunk?”). You need to hear the songs from his newest album, “Take the Weather with You”. I particularly like the song about dealing with the aftermath of Katrina, “Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On”. Isn’t that what we always have to do after major negative events in our life?
Yes. you are correct about the major negative events in our lives. I try to do that, but it is not always easy.
Jimmy generally finds a way to see the positive side of life and that’s one of the things I love about him.
Some people never find it, some only pretend
But me, I just want to live happily ever after
Every now and then.
~J.Buffett
Hi Dezdemona - Yes, He has fun in all his songs.