Jimmy Buffett - Floridays Lyrics






I come from where the rivers meet the sea
That's part of why I'm so wild and fancy free
I was early into crazy ways
My folks said, "It's just a phase"
They were hoping for better days

Now in my line of work I seem to see a lot more than most
Write 'em down, pas 'em around
It's the gospel from the coast
Reflections, not just replays
Takin' time to escape the maze
Lookin' for better days

I spent a year of my life one night
On the beaches in old Beirut
Seems that all they're aimin' for there
Is to hang around and shoot
Each others' lives away
Bloody winds on a distant bay
They're lookin' for better days

Looking to the left, looking to the right
Looking to the stars to shed some light
Hoping for a breath, hoping for break
Hopin' for the give without the take

The dreamers line the state road
Just to watch the runway show
Slouched behind their steering wheels
They just watch the big jets go
Streakin' through the morning haze
Focal point of a distant gaze
Lookin' for better days

Pale invaders and tanned crusaders
Are worshipping the sun
On the corner of "walk" and "don't walk"
Somewhere on US 1
I'm back to livin' Floridays
Blue skies and ultra-violet rays
Lookin' for better days

I'm back to livin' Floridays
Blue skies and ultra-violet rays
Lookin' for better days, lookin' for better days
Lookin' for Floridays

Better days, better days
Everybody's lookin' for better days
Somewhere beneath the shining star
Better days, mon't you take me to better days
Better days, I sure could use a few better days
Floridays





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  1. d.... w....

    Venice less than a half hour from sarasota

  2. D.... S....

    Definitely one of his best songs! Always makes me want to head to FL

  3. A.... D....

    I was born in Miami. 1969 . Carol city to be exact . Moved out when I was 14 . I live in Moore haven Fl now . I vacation in big pine key every year for the past 22 years . Florida's for sure . I am 51 years old and have never seen snow .

  4. S.... B....

    904 32220 duval

  5. t.... c....

    Back in the day.

  6. J.... B....

    Living Floridays here in Merritt Island on the Space Coast.

  7. K.... V....

    I live right off us 1 in FL so this speaks to me

  8. N.... R....

    Cocoa beach now on the gulf of manasota key!!

  9. F.... A....

    I never grew up.

  10. D.... M....

    Hell, I don't know what happened. I went out to the store for some beer and bread and the next thing I knew, I was on I-75 headed for Florida!!!!

  11. M.... N....

    I have four more months until I can call Florida my home ❤️

    M.... N....

    3 more now!!! 1 for us!! Enjoy!!!

    M.... N....

    @J.T. Maynard yay!! You too ❤️

  12. f.... d....

    Born and raised in Jensen Beach, Florida. These songs remind me of home.

  13. M.... C....

    well, borrn in the corrupt dade co. the democrats have RUINED the USA.... much happier livin WAY south , where people are still free. Hopefully the great disrupter will jail all those democrat demons and re-instate the constitution. so we can go to Jimmy Buffett concerts without big brother !!

  14. J.... S....

    Like the sun coming down between Rickenbacker Causeway and Old Cutler Road.

  15. J.... D....

    NOBODY can write lyrics like Buffet...NOBODY!!!

  16. B.... ....

    We stayed at a house in Summerland Key over Xmas. The way the sun came into the one room reminds me of this song so much. Thanks Jimmy.

  17. D.... W....

    Boynton Beach

  18. D.... M....

    Destin!!!

  19. P.... O....

    Grew up in palm beach Gardens love me some buffet

  20. m.... c....

    I went sailing on floridays in key west this week, owned by fishmonster

  21. S.... B....

    Sebastian inlet

  22. S.... S....

    Florida is the place to be. Love it.

  23. C.... J....

    I'm that rarest of Floridian: a native-born of Orlando!

    C.... J....

    orlando isn't florida, its Horrida LOL

  24. R.... S....

    Pale Invaders

  25. s.... ....

    I am from Orlando, Florida..just listening ro this makes me miss it so much!! Especially when we would drive to Cocoa Beach with the windows down and Jimmy Buffett blaring through the speakers!!

  26. M.... M....

    Mandeville La , where the river meets the lake

  27. S.... A....

    Fort Myers! Miss that place every day. #SunshineState4Ever

  28. L.... P....

    Ft. Lauderdale--my endless spring break. Lived here forever.

  29. F.... ....

    Lookin for better days🌴🌴🌴

    F.... ....

    Seen better days just got home 11 days at the beach lovers it all

    F.... ....

    Wish I could find them

  30. d.... ....

    panama city great beaches long days home to my heart

  31. W.... ....

    From North Carolina, but always enjoy my visits to North Florida. Definitely want to more there one day

  32. S.... S....

    Venice Fl. - a slice of paradise.

    S.... S....

    I just got a home there. Two years before full time, Let me know about full-time,

  33. D.... M....

    No matter where I go, the Tampa/ St. Petersburg area will always be my home.

    D.... M....

    mine too

  34. F.... ....

    hello parrot heads

  35. W.... P....

    Out fishing on the saltwater creek that runs into the Intracoastal, then the St. Johns, then the ocean - no better place on earth! Stopping by Bennie Island and playing in the sand, a cold one at hand, mullet jumping, dolphins in the river - pure magic. Loving my Floridays.

  36. H.... S....

    Grew up in Wellington, moved away for a few years & couldn't come flying across the border fast enough & am so glad to be back. Won't make that mistake again. Listened to Floridays & other JB songs on the drive back down.

  37. F.... M....

    Creole is always our most favorite JB tune. It really takes us back to our childhood as it was designed to.

  38. S.... H....

    Born and raised in Fla, grew up reading Don Blandings FLORIDAYS...Jimmy loved the book too hence the name.

    S.... H....

    I'm on Manasota🏖

  39. B.... ....

    Floridian who moved to Texas. I like Texas better, and will never move back down to FL, but Florida still has a big piece of my heart. I love its beaches but come September, I'm sick of the weather.

    B.... ....

    @Fvkin Amazed
    Well no one likes a prejudiced moron.

    B.... ....

    @Fvkin Amazed
    Still you, dove.

    B.... ....

    @Fvkin Amazed
    .... Bless your heart, sug.

    B.... ....

    LOL I'm a Texan that ended up in Fla!!! Vero Beach, 2000-present. Not a fan of the humidity and whatnot here. Texas is always Home, but I spent 22 yrs there, and 17 here... pretty much equal! lol

  40. W.... ....

    movin> too florida soon...2016...from ohio...can't wait...oh florida how I dream of you...

    W.... ....

    you moved to Fla I moved to Ohio

    W.... ....

    I moved to florida from mississippi I didn't want to at first but now i've gotten used to it its nice

    W.... ....

    Moved here to SoFlo from Ohio two years ago too. Best decision ever! Floridays 🌴😎🌴

    W.... ....

    Enjoy the South Florida Breeze, it's Special.

  41. C.... G....

    From Ft. Pierce where the river meets the seas.

    C.... G....

    Lived in Port St Lucie from 88 to 91....loved every minute...

    C.... G....

    Rocky Point, Stuart. Just north of Jimmy.

  42. i.... ....

    I lived in Florida from 1991-1994, and this song takes me back to those days.

  43. A.... H....

    Worked in Florida for over 2 years after hurricane Andrew.  Didn't meet anyone native to Florida. Everyone was from somewhere else.

  44. f.... Z....

    Hi! to all from Kiss. Fla no to Disney no home town left all six kids went different ways once it was there but sister moved to Ft Pierce beaches stayed with her often still go there A1A all down coast LOVE IT

  45. S.... B....

    Grew up in Venice Cabbage Key Boston Whaler Summerland Key we used to fly outta Venice land on a private airstrip on Summerland, then taxi the plane across US 1 to tie it up in the front yard wow ! I could go back there. even a Grady White on Davits we were in Kemp channel the same day

    S.... B....

    poor you..lol

  46. m.... ....

    Sarasota, Siesta Key, Bradenton and Sunny Isle, the BEST!!

    m.... ....

    malthechal absolutely

    m.... ....

    I remember The Magic Moment Bar Restaurant. Lived in Siesta Key Two condos on Midnight Pass. Great place and Great times.

    m.... ....

    I was born in Bradenton.
    I miss being there so much!!!!

    m.... ....

    keep pressin".

  47. P.... S....

    Hoot :)

  48. J.... O....

    33467 So Florida my home....  out on the water  the best

  49. K.... S....

    How did they make starbursts so juicy?  Chemicals.

  50. D.... ....

    Winter in The USA except for La Florida!!! Endless Summer!

    D.... ....

    Delawanna what is this mythical “winter” you speak of?

  51. P.... ....

    I'm on the corner of "Walk" & "Don't Walk" somewhere on US 1 !!!

  52. B.... B....

    Hi Fla. Fans, here in FTL. is something for everyone, All Welcome Aboard... even a
    have train to Mickey Mouse Land coming soon - is this progress ? , yet us natives [63+ here ]  enjoy our Hometown.... my goodness, Sometimes long for the Old Fla .Days... am now native of 63 yrs... any Ladies out there wanna talk ? Best to All !

    B.... B....

    I am also in FTL loving it, Floridays and Buffet.  Best to you. Hope you continue to enjoy FL

  53. S.... P....

    Jimmy Buffett Started his Carrier in Key West Florida.
    First Song was a Woman going crazy on Caroline St. He Lived in Key West! That is where he started Margaritaville.

    S.... P....

    Just because you say it does not make it true.  
    Here are actual facts about his "Carrier":
    JB began his musical career in Nashville, TN where he recorded his first album "Down to Earth".  Spent time in New Orleans as well.  Not until he went to Key West with Jerry Jeff Walker in the 70's did he end up in Florida.
    Far from the first song... Woman on Caroline Street was on his FIFTH album.
    Suggest you stop pulling info from where the sun don't shine and start researching what you post. Jez.

    S.... P....

    That is true but his Carrier ended him in Key West florida, where it started to rise even more, and now he is getting momenton again.

    S.... P....

    While JB has flown off a carrier he does not have one. They cost $billions and more money than he makes to run them.

  54. H.... C....

    So do I

  55. C.... L....

    I grew up in Manatee Co . Even though this place has grown over the last 40 plus years  it is still the only place to be . God bless the Sunshine State

    C.... L....

    i lived in Osceola county from 1974 to 1994 in kissimmee and st cloud and fished in melbourne miss it

    C.... L....

    Cocoa Beach is my second home. I'm set to move back to Florida from Ohio for this job out by Destin

    C.... L....

    ron trotto I was born in Kissimmee lived there until the age of fifteen then moved to Orlando rented a room in the Y.W.C.A. for two years in Orlando then moved to Ohio got married for seven years had two boys one in Ohio and then moved to Hawaii for four years had second boy then moved back to Ohio got divorced​ when I had sold everything I owned was leaving for Florida so excited was going to stay at sisters until I got settled ready to go move to Ft.Pierce I met my husband of thirty seven years but I gave him the ocean bug going to head for Myrtle Beach in October where we will celebrate our anniversary but we went home just about every year until my mom went to the great beyond haven't been back to Florida in a while all my family moved away from Kissimmee because of the great Disney so will return to Florida soon but no family but I spent a lot of time in Ft. Pierce love the beaches there lol and we love Jimmy Buffett!!!!!!!!! seeing soon at Riverbend where Parrotheads was born hope I wasn't to boring

  56. D.... S....

    Just moved my family to Florida mainly based on this song. Sydney will start high school Monday at Coral Shores and we will be living in Islamorada. Looking forward to this lifestyle.

    D.... S....

    5 years later....how is it?

    D.... S....

    Is it what you hoped for Dave?

  57. b.... ....

    i just came back and i cried its just so relaxing down in the small town areas

  58. j.... c....

    doesn't it suck. I am stuck in Port Charlotte...so close bet yet so far. Like
    that one particular harbor. Get drunk every weekend and fight about how I
    want to go back. The old man is a dream crusher

  59. M.... ....

    ha! I get it!!!.....Grew up in Cape Coral, now landlocked and married to a metal musician. I wish he could "FEEEEEEL" Jimmy too :)

  60. 2.... ....

    Wish I saw that VW. I was at that concert, still have the ticket stub (that's how I remembered the date). We came from Biloxi MS that day where we were stationed at Keesler AFB. Great show! Still with the same girl huh? That's cool!

  61. h.... ....

    That sounds about right. We were traveling in a 1972 VW Bus with the words, EAT ME plastered on the side... But when you rolled up the passenger window, the EAT ME became EAT MEAT... LOL!>.. So much fun. We arrived at Dauphin Island for some pre-concert tail gateing that morning. I'm still with the girl I was with then... We keep dancing :-)

  62. 2.... ....

    Was the concert you were speaking of at Ladd Stadium on July 29 1990?

  63. h.... ....

    I love it too. I think Jimmy is a wonderful guy in spite of his political leanings. Lord knows, I've spent lots of money that could have gone somewhere else on travel expenses and tickets to his shows. Clint Black and Little Feat in Mobile, Al was one of the better ones.

  64. H.... G....

    best song ever never gets old

  65. A.... A....

    Me too I wish I was back down there right now.

  66. h.... ....

    Mr. Jimmy's political views are polluted. This song seems to come before his indoctrination.
    Why is it that entertainers like "Jimmy" get tuned into the marxist side of political leanings?
    Get real James

    h.... ....

    Yes why

    h.... ....

    You might note that Jimmy flies and sails. He does his best to protect the sea, air and land. If this makes him bad than everyone I know is bad, including myself.
    95% of the folks as rich as Jimmy only care about profit and cash. Getting very wealth did not turn him morally corrupt. Is that bad? I thought not.

    h.... ....

    He cares for others as well as himself.

  67. b.... ....

    Thinking of heading down to Florida in the spring to visit my aunt and uncle....hope I don't forget the way back to Pennsylvania....

  68. j.... c....

    used to shrimp out of Ft. Myers and Key West and all we listened to was JB. Love the man and his music. Makes me want to go back more years than I care to admit. My husband is a metal head and I am a parrott head and he doesn't get it. Too bad cause he is the one missing out/

  69. f.... m....

    Thanks for posting. Been listening to JB for my whole life as well (42 years) and this is my favorite song. The time it came out and my life blended for one of the most memorable times. When I hear this, I can still smell the smells and feel the emotions. THAT'S what good music should do.

  70. s.... ....

    @CBReptiles1 i know right, im stuck here in the dirty south, scuzzy nashville...oh how i miss that salt air and sand btwn the toes!! lets all go back...

  71. s.... ....

    @MissyGangstaa i grew up there and left in 1989 when i was 16. now im doing everything i can to get back there :) what a beautiful part of this country

  72. E.... P....

    Ah. Florida, my birthplace, my residence, my paradise. There's no place perfect in the world, but in my own opinion, La Florida, is close. If anyone comes here, they should check out the Keys. :D

  73. T.... B....

    Born and raised in Miami, lived most of my life in Florida. Living in the chilly and dreary climate of mountainous North Carolina now - really miss the warm amd beautiful weather. Favorite Florida spot - oceanfront deck at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Melbourne Beach. Cold beer, chillin', ultraviolet rays, Floridays

  74. J.... M....

    @MissyGangstaa I'm 35 years old. I grew up a parakeet into a parothead. Good one on you for following the line.

  75. R.... W....

    On the West Coast in Hernando Beach, love Buffett, can't wait to be down here fulltime.

  76. C.... P....

    I loves me some Florida! Stuck here in the blazin' hot desert of AZ.....

  77. W.... X....

    @DrAgOnFoRcE1547 Punta Gorda :) that's home to me.

    W.... X....

    Wade Xanders we are about to move there!

  78. G.... ....

    I enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting.

  79. r.... ....

    In the military here in Kansas waiting for my retirement next year so I can go home...

  80. B.... S....

    i like flagler beach

  81. J.... ....

    I go to Key West every year. Spend all my days fishing and just chilling. The days can't get better.

  82. R.... E....

    I used to live a little north of Clearwater in a place called Homosassa. I took the water and the fishing for granted, and now I'm landlocked and miserable.

  83. A.... A....

    Not bad for a white boy from Mississippi haha Love this song and it makes me wish I was back in the sunshine state

  84. b.... ....

    lived in the keys since 2003....and I love every minute of it ....fishing ,boating chasing naked horney girls and doing the duval crawl...man for an average working fella it just dosen't get any better than that...I will never leave.... this is home

  85. j.... ....

    As I dig deeper into his amazing body of work, this song has emerged as one of my favorites.

  86. D.... B....

    love this

  87. D.... B....

    I love this song and florida awesome

  88. K.... ....

    I love livin here in florida daytona beach is alright but if I had the chance id live somwhere farther south like nearer to the everglades

  89. i.... ....

    @serg257 that is so cool so is my bff bailey!!

  90. s.... ....

    Heading back to Florida on Wed for thanksgiving break!

  91. P.... ....

    Born and raised in good ol Florida. Loving every second of my amazing Florida life.

  92. c.... ....

    When I first played this song on my LP (the last Buffett album I bought on vinyl), I thought is was one of the best he wrote in recent years. The mournful harmonica intro told me this was going to be deep.

  93. k.... b....

    this is one of his best songs

  94. K.... ....

    this song makes me love florida even more one of my favorites and i hope to go down southe toward miami ish so its nice like in this song

  95. r.... ....

    Thinking about Floridays once I retire from the military in a few years. Great song.

  96. R.... S....

    One of my favorite Buffett albums.