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Miss You So Badly

This version of Miss You So Badly was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1977.

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I guess it all blew up in Missoula
There just was no other way
After months of going crazy
There was nothing left to say
But when the dust had finally settled
And the air had quickly cleared
Things were better off than I had feared
And I miss you so badly
Girl I love you madly
Feelin’ so sad now since I been gone
Gone, gone
And it gets quite confusin’
It seems that I’m loosin’ track of
the long days since I been home

Were stayin’ in a Holiday Inn full of surgeons
I guess they meet there once a year
They exchange physician stories
And get drunk on Tuborg beer
Then they’re off to catch a stripper
With their eyes glued to her G
But I don’t think that I would ever let them cut on me

And I miss you so badly
Girl I love you madly
I think I been had though, for stayin so long
Long, long
And I’m just watchin’ the Gong show
Waitin’ for Zorro
Loosin’ the long day since I been home

I got a head of full of feelin’ higher
And an ear full of Patsy Cline
There is just no one who can touch her
Hell I’ll hang on every line
Oh crazy how things happen
It’s incredible but true
Oh the longer I’m gone the closer I feel to you

And I miss you so badly
Girl I love you madly
I’m feelin’ so glad just to be headin’ home
Home, home
And I been battling hotel maids
Chewin’ on Rolaids
Countin’ the hours `til I get home
Oh I been counting the hours `til I get home

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The lyrics to Miss You So Badly are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jimmy Buffett used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Miss You So Badly have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jimmy Buffett and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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