Saxophones 

By: Jimmy Buffett 

1974 

I cut my teeth on Gumbo rock, Benny Stillman and Dr. John 

Sweet Erma Thomas and Frogman Henry 

Used to boogie woogie all night long 

Though I love rock n' roll the acoustic guitar 

Was the only way I had of becomin' a star 

I'm doin' really nice and travellin' around 

But they won't play my record in my old home town 



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But if I had saxophones 

Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks 

If I had saxophones 

I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D.J. 



Livin' by the ocean, sometimes I get the notion 

To take my Janey downtown 

We hang out in a funky little bar 

They call it the "Shipwreck Lounge" 

Well we get kind of drunk and we play rock n' roll 

Grabbin' everybody right down in his soul 

When we get to cookin' somethin's still wrong 

There's still somethin' missin' from them good ole songs 



Chorus: 

But if we had saxophones 

Big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks 

If we had saxophones 

I could make that joint shimmy like a big California earthquake 



Yeah if we had saxophones 

Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks 

If we had saxophones 

I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D.J.