Spouse still a loyal JW? Let Jimmy Buffett help you!

by changeling 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • changeling
    changeling

    I love this song and I've posted it here before. I think it sums up how a marriage of many years works and keeps on working. Today, while listening to it, I thought the chorus would be a nice thing to say to spouse who is still a witness (if you want to work things out).

    Here are the lyrics, tell me what ya'll think:

    Little roadside restaurant we artfully complain
    Groovy tells the waitress that his chicken died in vain
    Most every day goes by according to design
    I live this dream and still it seems I have you on my mind

    From the bottom of my heart
    Off the coast of Carolina
    After one or two false starts
    I believe we've found our stride
    And the walls that won't come down
    We can decorate or climb
    Or find some way to get around
    Cause I'm still on your side
    From the bottom of my heart.

    I can't see the future
    But I know it's coming fast
    It's not that hard to wind up knee-deep in the past
    There come a lot of Mondays
    Since that phone booth that first night
    Through years and miles and tears and smiles
    I wanna get it right.

    Chorus

    Music Bridge

    These days I'm up about the time I used to go to bed
    Living large was once the deal
    Now I watch the stars instead
    They're timeless and predictable
    Unlike most things that I do
    But I tell the wind and my old friend
    I'm headed home to you.

    Chorus

  • changeling
  • Quirky1
    Quirky1

    I admire your support but I do not think that will change my spouses mind.

  • redredrose
    redredrose

    Changeling, great advice!

    My husband and I love Buffett and find that listening to him can usually make any problem seem not so important. He is our hero, LOL.

    That laidback attitude probably helps explain why he has taken my disillusionment so well. I'm hoping that in time, he will see the religion for what it really is.

    In the meantime, we'll continue with heavy doses of the Margaritaville state of mind.

  • Dorktacular
    Dorktacular

    Except for his one song Margaritaville, I have always found Jimmy Buffett songs mildly irritating. I'd probably end up getting divorced if I had to have Jimmy Buffett albums solve my problems. For me, the sounds of Jimmy Buffett always conjures images of aging, slightly inebriated white people wearing straw hats and thinking that they are really "rockin' hard" dancing to Jimmy Buffett. Sorry, that's just how I see it.

    If you want a song that will fix your marriage, click on this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYvkRZookFM

  • changeling
    changeling

    Dork:

    This is the verse I was referring to:

    From the bottom of my heart
    Off the coast of Carolina
    After one or two false starts
    I believe we've found our stride
    And the walls that won't come down
    We can decorate or climb
    Or find some way to get around
    Cause I'm still on your side
    From the bottom of my heart.

    While yes, JB glorifies the "white trash" lifestyle in many of his songs, I feel he is quite a poet. Some of his more serious songs, like the one I pointed out are very beautiful.

    changeling :)

  • Quirky1
    Quirky1

    I like JB but just don't play "Cheeseburger in Paradise".

    I'm burned out on it.

  • oompa
    oompa

    Is that verse the chorus changling?....I am a bit of a parrot head and can't place this song..........oompa

    The first song I ever taught myself to play by only listening to it was Come Monday....he was far from a one hit wonder guys!.............

  • undercover
    undercover

    I like "Why don't we get drunk..." personally...

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