Lyrics to
Havana Daydreamin’

This version of Havana Daydreamin’ was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1976.

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Stashed his trash in Ecuador, bought a good suit of clothes.
Flew on up to Mexico, standin’ by the shore.
Waiting for some mystery man, to pay him for his time.
Thinkin’ about all the money he made,
couldn’t help to ease his mind
Havana daydreamin’ oh he’s just dreamin’ his life away.

Daddy shucked that sugar cane,
One day he fell dead.
Jesus had a wanderin’ feelin’
Swimmin around in his head.
Sailin’ on a midnight boat,
There were no questions asked,
Water’s so green and the air was so clean
That he stuck right to his task, Havana daydreamin’,
Oh he’s just schemin’, his life away.

Ceilin’ fan stirs the air
Cigar smoke did swirl,
A fragrance on the pillow case
And he thinks about the girl.
Spillin’ wine wine and sharin’ good times
She sure could make him smile.
He pays her well but what the hell
He’ll be movin’ in a little while, Havana daydreamin’,
Havana daydreamin’
Oh he’ll be dreamin’ his life away.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Jimmy Buffett. Some of the lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Jimmy Buffett and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’ if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’" means the words set to the music of Havana Daydreamin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Havana Daydreamin’ and the lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to Havana Daydreamin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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