I expect everyone has their favorite Jimmy Buffett song, and there are so many lively ones to choose from. I bonded most with the entire album “Son of a Son of a Sailor.” because of its mix of lively and melancholy lyrics.
I wasn’t thinking of the master of Margaritaville when I wanted music to accompany my morning five stages routine, which my Nia pals all know is a great stretching, wriggling thing that makes all the joints happy.
But queued up as though waiting for me was Buffett’s “La Vie Dansante,” French for “the dancing life.” It was perfect on a beautiful spring morning, upbeat but with an undercurrent of melancholy.
Lyrics to live by:
Feel it all with a willing heart
Every stop, theres a place to start
If you know how to play the part with feeling
I play with feeling
Why don’t you wander and follow the dancing life
On the night wind that takes you just where you want
Thats all you want
Here’s Aaron Neville’s version, which has its own fine cadence.
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