Missing The Troubadour

Missing The Troubadour

Troubadour extraordinaire
You touched our hearts, shaped our lives
Changed our latitudes, changed our attitudes
Gave us a license to chill

Troubadour extraordinaire
You taught us to adjust our sails
Helped us count our blessings
And remember our dreams

I don’t want to live
In a world without daydreamin’
I don’t want to live
In a world without a tire swing
I don’t want to live
In a world without Buffett

Troubadour extraordinaire
Somewhere it’s five o’clock and fins are up
We’re the jolly mons and the brown-eyed girls
Living the sweet life, embracing salty seas

Cover of Jimmy Buffett's

Troubadour extraordinaire
Come Monday, we know it’ll be all right
Ut and Mac still taking it all in
Nibblin’ on sponge cake, growing older, but not up

I don’t want to live
In a world without daydreamin’
I don’t want to live
In a world without a tire swing
I don’t want to live
In a world without Buffett

Troubadour extraordinaire
Always reaching for our destination
Where cheeseburgers are paradise
And Margaritaville a state of mind

Troubadour extraordinaire
Counting our blessings, playing our hunches
Our Parrothead dreams and magic are real
Forevermore we breathe in, breathe out, move on

I don’t want to live
In a world without daydreamin’
I don’t want to live
In a world without a tire swing
I don’t want to live
In a world without Buffett

Troubadour extraordinaire
You taught us to trust our intuition
To roll with the punches, play all our hunches
To aim for one particular harbour

Troubadour extraordinaire
Son of a son of a sailor, a good life all the way
Missing you so, just want you back by our side
Grace, Godspeed and Gratitude, JimmyB

I don’t want to live
In a world without daydreamin’
I don’t want to live
In a world without a tire swing
I don’t want to live
In a world without Buffett

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The Sun Sets Over The Ocean

Addendum from LSomerbyCooke …

Note to Messrs. (Zac) Brown and (Alan) Jackson: You have my permission to add music to my quasi-lyrics and thoughts about our incredible storyteller friend.  ?

Use simple technology to remember blog-topic ideas. If something makes you smile during your day and say, “Hey, maybe … “, tell Siri or Alexa or some other electronic beast your briefest thoughts so they are captured and not forgotten. I have found myself scribbling ideas on napkins and the backs of envelopes when nothing else was handy. Anyone who has jumped out of bed after a dream and frantically searched in the dark for something to write with and on knows what I mean.

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This entry was posted in Neck of the Woods, Way of Life on September 21, 2023 by LSomerbyCooke.
Comments
  • Duane E Barrett

    Like so many of us Buffett fans that are now in our 60’s, I started listening to Jimmy while I was in high school back in the late ’70s… [truncated for clarity: full text should be inserted as-is into the database, handling newlines if needed].

  • Cheri

    Hi, Lee. That is an amazing Memorial to Jimmy Buffett! You Sir are a gifted storyteller yourself!

  • Reed Sprague

    Jimmy Buffett was a class act all the way, a wonderful person and a great entertainer. You did good by him, Lee. Great blog post.

  • John Sutton

    Nicely done. He was a great entertainer and a wonderful Dad. When his daughter attended DSOTA he took time to drop in to jam with the students on occasion. What a life experience for those lucky kids. Jimmy made the world a better place. Such a happy, talented, gifted musician, businessman and Dad. What a legacy. What a man.

  • Peg Spellman

    Lovely tribute to a man who encouraged people to live with joy and enthusiasm. Thanks, Lee!

  • Cathy TUCKER

    Great writing.

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