Jimmy Buffett
25 advanced vocabulary words across 25 songs.
rebel; break with established customs
Hear this moment →Hustling the señoritas while they dance beneath the stars
Spending those renegade pesos
On a bottle of rum and a lime
insight; instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
Hear this moment →What he lacked in ambition
He made up with intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
ageless; continuing forever or indefinitely
Hear this moment →But he don't care what most people say
Through 86 years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile, then he'll say
responsibility; the state of being bound or forced to do or pay something
Hear this moment →Humor's in need of repair
Same occupations and same obligations
They've really go nothing to share
earthly; of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Hear this moment →Who compare the world to football and are programmed to defend
I'd like to try a princess or a non-terrestrial
Who is neither boat nor bashful
storm; a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
Hear this moment →I'm just a drunkin sailor
Waiting on a gale
With a drink in my hand and a sailboat for sale
section; (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate
Hear this moment →He always seemed kinda sad to me and I asked him why that was
And he told me it's because in my contract there's this clause
That says, "It's my job to be worried half to death"
happening from time to time; occurring from time to time
Hear this moment →Where the jukebox is blastin' and the liquor is flowin'
An occasional bottle of wine
That's 'cause everyone here is just more than contented
legal identification; any authorization to pass or go somewhere
Hear this moment →Seeking transportation to town
As the purple ink dried on his passport
He could still feel the eyes look around
related to the universe; pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
Hear this moment →Planets and stars are light years away
Their cosmic clock ticks and it tocks
Here in the Milky Way
collection; a collection of works that an artist or company can perform
Hear this moment →It was just a split second decision
Their repertoire was never envisioned
Past time to put an exit plan into gear
land surrounded by body of water; a group of many islands in a large body of water
Hear this moment →♪
I'll hopscotch 'cross the ocean on friendly archipelagos
Where women sing to Gaia and the marijuana grows
presenting difficulty; open to doubt or debate
Hear this moment →Overkill, overkill
Such a megalo-modern problematic ill
Climb too fast and shove too hard
decline; the state of the economy declines
Hear this moment →We've got a lot to drink about.
Recession, Aggression, Depression good God
CNN keeps bummin' me out.
removal; oust politically
Hear this moment →And it's no sin to stop and look I do it when I can
But you have to purge that urge to merge
You have to keep your head
shame; changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Hear this moment →No more laid-back relaxation
It's Black Friday degradation
Seems Santa sold Thanksgiving to the mall
secret; a flock of coots
Hear this moment →The place down the block, the one with no clock
Covert rendez-vous with you at the usual time
I savor the scent of the fish on the grill
related to cooking; of or relating to or used in cooking
Hear this moment →Señorita, would like to dance with me a little while?
There is sea salt in her perfume, a culinary odyssey
Flavors cooking, really cooking on this epiphany
feed box; a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
Hear this moment →Things are getting serious as cholesterol
Permutations, calculations, greedy piggies at the trough
Arrogance and ignorance and just to top it off
suggest; express or state indirectly
Hear this moment →Make a plan
Everything the words imply
I want to conjugate
regret; feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
Hear this moment →God's the draw up on Montmartre
But not Rue de la Guitare
Ne pas Rue de la Guitare
journey; journey on foot, especially in the mountains
Hear this moment →Wishin' every month of the year could be June
He's always tuned into Star Trek
She's always tuned into him
identification; identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
Hear this moment →Fish porn, fish porn
That's the diagnosis
His childhood dream was to be a great magician
show; break the trust of; reveal unintentionally
Hear this moment →When The Wild Life Betrays Me
By: Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley, Will Jennings
possible; capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Hear this moment →And I still get down some more
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now