Thought-filled Thursday--Jimmy Buffett
This week I pay tribute to one of my favorite performers, Jimmy Buffett. Buffett played an instrumental role during my college days.
Buffett’s lyrics seemed to speak to me and they still do to this day. Buffett who died in September inspired so many people like me to consider living a life in paradise. Here are just a few of my favorite lyrics!
I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.
Take it all in… it’s as big as it seems. Count all your blessings. Remember your dreams.
If it doesn’t work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.
We got to roll with the punches, play all our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way.
Forget that blind ambition and trust your intuition.
And here are the complete lyrics from one of my favorite Buffett songs, Someday I Will:
I see a white sail skipping 'cross a blue bay
And I say someday I will
I see a young man strumming on a green guitar
And I say someday I will
I don't have a plan, it's not that kind of thing
I'm not Martin Luther King
I don't have a dream, it's just sometimes I know
That's the way I'm supposed to go
I see a flying boat
And I get a lump in my throat
And I say someday I will
Someday
So whatever thrills you, anything you love to do
Just say someday I will
Don't need to know who may help you make it come true
Just say someday I will
Don't have to work it all out, don't have to tear it all apart
All you need's a place to start
And if it never worked before, try it just once more
That's what your heart is for
Whether it's big or small
If you have a passion at all
Just say someday I will
Someday
Someday I will
Someday