Buffett, Jimmy - The Great Filling Station Holdup Lyrics
I pulled into the regular pump
I was feelin' quite at ease
I rolled down my window and told the man
"Fifty cents worth, please"
Then out jumped my partner
He said, "Boy, this is a holdup
Keep pumpin' and don't run."
[Chorus:]
And now I wish I was somewhere other than here
Down in some honky tonk, sippin; on a beer
Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here
Cause that great fillin' station holdup
Cost me two good years.
A big ole jar of cashew nuts and a Japanese TV
Feelin' we had pulled the biggest heist of our career
We're wanted men-we'll strike again!
But first let's have a beer.
[Chorus]
We were sittin' in the Krystal
About as drunk as we could be
In walked the deputy sheriff
He was holding our TV
He roughed us, then he cuffed us
And he took us off to jail
No picture on a poster, no reward, and no bail.
[Chorus]
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Buffett, Jimmy The Great Filling Station Holdup Comments
🤣😂😅love love love this! Instant happy❤
One of his better "fun songs". But, by no means his best ever!
"But first let's have a beer."
The undoing of many a great plan!
One of my favorites of all time.. perhaps not his best or his biggest hit but my personal favorite
We will never, EVER hear lyrics and music like early Buffet EVER again...EVER!
I have this album but never listened to this song. Love it
This song is soooooooo overlooked. This is one of Jimmy's best. That is a FACT!
How can anyone not be in love with JWB's music? Jimmy is one of the greatest story tellers of all time.
I believe it was released ion 1974 and was the flip side of why don't we get drunk and screw.I have always loved this song one of his best for sure
Next to One Particular Harbor, this is the best Jimmy Buffett song EVER!!!
Erik Vinson gotta agree with ya there bro
I guess you haven’t heard A Pirate Looks at Forty, have you!
peanut butter conspiracy??
Bama breeze
JUST AS GOOD AS GOLD!...Thank you soooo very much for posting and sharing this "lost and rarely heard anynore" lil' ditty that became Jimmy's 1st single to make it onto the country charts for him, when it peaked at #58 back during the hot summer days of 1973!...I thoroughly enjoyed listening...and the sound quality is FIRST-RATE too! Take Care! Elizabeth :-)
JB found the story in a newspaper while passing thru NC
could pretty much say that anytime, anywhere.
Wish I was somewhere other than here
If this statement doesn't deserve a thumbs up, nothing does.
Well done.
this is jimmys best song by far. (according to me)
Doug Boggio and me. Love it
Doug Boggio and me
Door Number 3 is a close second
Another of my favorite Jimmy songs, I loved this one back in 97 in new jersey