Zac Brown Band’s Touching Jimmy Buffett Song
I have to admit – I didn’t know Zac Brown Band’s touching Jimmy Buffett song existed until Saturday morning, drinking a cup of coffee and surfing on twitter/X when I…
I have to admit - I didn't know Zac Brown Band's touching Jimmy Buffett song existed until Saturday morning, drinking a cup of coffee and surfing on twitter/X when I came across this post. Tears welled up when I listened for the first time (yeah, I'm a parrot head and miss Jimmy Buffett terribly). Zac Brown Band's Touching Jimmy Buffett song will be part of my playlist forever.
Zac Brown Band's Touching Jimmy Buffett Song - How it happened
Mac McAnally was a long time member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band (I honestly don't remember going to a concert of Buffett's and NOT hearing him say Mac's name). This is the post about the song "Pirates and Parrots" and how Zac Brown came to write it.
Zac Brown Band's Touching Jimmy Buffett Song - The Feels
MCA Records/Getty ImagesI wanted to share some of the lyrics from "Pirates & Parrots" and why I love this song from Zac Brown...check out the Buffett song references he works in:
Another poet with a pen
Another beach bum with a dog
Another stranger sailin' in
And the water's just as blue
No, you haven't missed a thing
But we're all here missin' you
All the pirates and the parrots sing[Chorus]
So adios, my friend
Anchor where that ocean ends
We'll pick up where you left off
Strummin' on a sailor song
We'll hold down this salty rock
Where it's always 5 o'clock (five o'clock somewhere)
When the sun goes down, we raise our drinks
All the pirates and the parrots sing
Oh
Oh
Oh[Verse 2]
Tell 'еm raise the bridge
Thе drifter's comin' through
There's a golden stretch of beach
That's waitin' there on you
Is the water just as blue?
We wanna hear about everything
But we're all here missin' you
So all the pirates and the parrots sing
Anchor where that ocean ends
We'll pick up where you left off
Strummin' on a sailor song
We'll hold down this salty rock
Where it's always 5 o'clock
When the sun goes down, we raise our drinks
All the pirates and the parrots sing
Oh
Oh
Oh[Bridge]
Gone too soon, but left a song
Passed a torch to carry on
As long as people sing along
You'll live on and on and on
