Top Ten Songs by Jimmy Buffett

I love the beach and something that goes hand-in-hand with the beach atmosphere is Jimmy Buffett music. I’ve been to
Key West a couple times and visiting Margaritaville was a great experience. Listening to Jimmy Buffett while you’re visiting where he used to live and perform is surreal. Picking a top ten list of Jimmy Buffett songs was fun, because it allowed me to listen to his great songs while working on this article. If you haven’t experienced Jimmy Buffett, it’s about time you did and here are ten songs to start with.

10. A Pirate Looks at Forty: This song immediately gives me a sense of peace. I have fallen asleep to this several times and that’s not a bad thing. Jimmy Buffett’s voice is so soft and soothing in this song from his Songs You Know by Heart album. My favorite line is, “I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast.”

9. He Went to Paris: Is about the life of a man who spent time in Europe, including some time in a war, who then moves to the islands and grows old. This is another soothing song from Jimmy Buffett’s album Songs You Know by Heart. My favorite line is, “Some of its magic, some of it tragic, but I had a good life all the way.”

8. Fins: This is yet another great song from Jimmy Buffett’s album Songs You Know by Heart. This one isn’t soothing though; this one is upbeat and makes me think of Key West when I hear it. It’s about girl who has men flocking around her at the beach. It has such a great beat. I love the line, “Sharks that can swim on the land.”

7. Changes in Latitude: Of course this is from Jimmy Buffett’s album Songs You Know by Heart, and it has a soothing beach feel to it. This song is basically about a guy looking back on his life and how he wishes he could be doing some of the things he did back then because his life has gotten so busy. I love the line that says, “Yesterday’s are over my shoulder so I can’t look backwards too long.”