Lyrics to
The Great Filling Station Holdup

This version of The Great Filling Station Holdup was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1973.

Visit the Jimmy Buffett Lyrics profile at Decade Lyrics - it has the The Great Filling Station Holdup lyrics as well as the rest of the songs by Jimmy Buffett.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Jimmy Buffett or about the 1970s in general.

I pulled into the regular pump
I was feelin’ quite at ease
I rolled down my window and told the man
“Fifty cents worth, please”
Then out jumped my partner
With his trusty pellet gun
He said, “Boy, this is a holdup
Keep pumpin’ and don’t run.”

And now I wish I was somewhere other than here
Down in some honky tonk, sippin; on a beer
Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here
Cause that great fillin’ station holdup
Cost me two good years.

We got fifteen dollars and a can of STP
A big ole jar of cashew nuts and a Japanese TV
Feelin’ we had pulled the biggest heist of our career
We’re wanted men-we’ll strike again!
But first let’s have a beer.

We were sittin’ in the Krystal
About as drunk as we could be
In walked the deputy sheriff
He was holding our TV
He roughed us, then he cuffed us
And he took us off to jail
No picture on a poster, no reward, and no bail.

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Jimmy Buffett?

Jimmy Buffett has released many songs over the years besides The Great Filling Station Holdup. Jimmy Buffett released songs from 1970 to 2004 spanning across albums like Down To Earth, High Cumberland Jubilee, A White Sport Coat And A Pink Crustacean, A1A, Living And Dying In 3/4 Time, Havana Daydreamin', Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, Son Of A Son Of A Sailor, Volcano, Coconut Telegraph, Somewhere Over China, One Particular Harbour, Riddles In The Sand, Last Mango In Paris, Floridays, Hot Water, Off To See The Lizard, Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, Fruitcakes, Barometer Soup, Christmas Island, Banana Wind, Beach House On The Moon, Far Side Of The World, and License To Chill. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jimmy Buffett.

If you're a fan of lyrics from 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1973 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and The Great Filling Station Holdup by Jimmy Buffett

The lyrics for The Great Filling Station Holdup are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Jimmy Buffett. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Great Filling Station Holdup have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Great Filling Station Holdup - Jimmy Buffett and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Great Filling Station Holdup by Jimmy Buffett in multiple ways. 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 The Great Filling Station Holdup" means the words set to the music of The Great Filling Station Holdup, 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 The Great Filling Station Holdup and the lyrics to The Great Filling Station Holdup 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 The Great Filling Station Holdup, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Jimmy Buffett

Visit our Jimmy Buffett profile for more Jimmy Buffett songs, lyrics & info!

)