Blame It On The Margaritas

Story Behind The Song

Howard attended Jimmy Buffett's fan club "Meeting of the Minds" in 2006 and the experience made him feel like he was 'home', among brothers and sisters who lived the lifestyle of the islands like he did. While sitting outside a washroom waiting for a fri

Song Description

A conservative working woman started vacation on an island by herself, wanting to read a book. She learned the 'island life' while at the tiki bar, and threw away her cell phone. She never went back to the working life she had, and she's now happy in pa

Song Length 4:04 Genre Pop - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cheerful, In High Spirits Subject Paradise, Beach
Similar Artists Jimmy Buffett, Jack Johnson Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

She came down from the mainland
Lookin' for a quiet holiday
She'd been working way too hard
She wanted to get away

She was more of the conservative type
Wanted to read her books all alone
But one trip to the tiki bar
She never made it home

Blame it on the margaritas, Blame it on the rum
Blame it on the moonlight, Blame it on the sun
Blame it on the ocean; it's so very blue
Blame it on anything; just don't blame it on you

Her boss up north keeps calling
Says you've got to get back home
She thought for a minute and then she did it
In the ocean went her phone

Now she wakes up every morning
Grinnin' ear to ear
Sellin' sea shells on the beach
Is her new career

Blame it on the margaritas, Blame it on the rum
Blame it on the moonlight, Blame it on the sun
Blame it on the ocean, it's so very blue
Blame it on anything; just don't blame it on you

Another plane is landing
Someone is getting off
Their life's about to change
In a way they never thought

They'll sit by the ocean
And feel the gentle breeze all day
They'll look in the sky and wave at their plane going by
Cause they're becoming another castaway

Blame it on the margaritas, Blame it on the rum
Blame it on the moonlight, Blame it on the sun
Blame it on the ocean, it's so very blue
Blame it on anything; just don't blame it on you
Don't blame it on you
Don't blame it on you

Lyrics Howard Livingston Music Howard Livingston
Producer Robert Reynolds, Danny White, Howard Livingston Publisher Howard Livingston
Performance Howard Livingston, Jason Miller, David Herzog, Leigh Maples, Jimmy Handley, Hulber Gagliardini Label Banana Man Records, LLC

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