Lyrics to "Margaritaville"

"Margaritaville"

Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett

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 …

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 …

Originally appeared on the LP Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitudes