12: Mexico - Jimmy Buffett Info

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Barometer Soup is the 20th studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Released in August 1995, one year after Fruitcakes in May 1994, this album represented a return to his one-album-per-year writing and recording pace of the 70s and 80s.

Following the release of Fruitcakes in the previous year, Buffett returned to songwriting and recorded the collection in Key West, Florida in January and February 1995. The album continued Buffett's album chart success begun with Fruitcakes and reached #6 on the Billboard 200. The album was also certified "Platinum" by the RIAA on 19 December 2004.

The first single from the album, "Mexico" reached #10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart but "Bank of Bad Habits," the second single, did not chart.

As usual, Buffett went on tour in the summer of 1995, although instead of basing it on the album, he called it the "Domino College Tour", after a song released on the box set three years prior; the song was co-written by Buffett and Dan Fogelberg. Songs from Barometer Soup still appeared regularly in the tour, including Don't Chu-Know, Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Mexico. Less frequently on the tour were Jimmy Dreams, the title track, Bank Of Bad Habits, and The Night I Painted the Sky

"Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is based on the short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Buffett regarded the song as his favorite on the album. "The Ballad of Skip Wiley" is based primarily on Carl Hiaasen's book Tourist Season (although it also references the character of Skink Tyree, who appeared not in Tourist Season, but in 5 other Hiaasen novels).

The final song on this album is a cover of James Taylor's song "Mexico". Buffett noted his appreciation for some cover songs, and regarding "Mexico", he said "I always loved that song... and it's a nice way to pay homage to your friends. I think the audience really likes it, too."

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12: Mexico

Barometer Soup Released on August 1st, 1995 by MCA Records

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Mexico
James Taylor
From the album Barometer Soup

YouTube - Jimmy Buffett - East Troy, WI 06.26.2010 - Mexico - 17

Way down here
You need a reason to move
Feel a fool
Running your stateside games
Lose your load
Leave your mind behind
Baby, James

Oooh, Mexico
It sounds so simple
I just got to go
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The sun’s so hot
I forgot to go home
I guess I’ll have to go now

Americanos’ got the sleepy eyes
But his body’s still shakin’ like a live wire
Senorita with her eyes on fire
Don’t you know

Oooh, Mexico
It sounds so sweet
With the sun sinkin’ low
The moon’s so bright
Likes to light up the night
Make everything alright

Baby’s hungry and the money’s all gone
The folks back home
Don’t want to talk on the phone
She gets a long letter
And sends back a postcard
Times are hard

Ooohh, down in Mexico
I’ve never really been
So I don’t really know
Oooooh, Mexico
I guess I’ll have to go now

Oooh, Mexico
I’ve never really been
But, I’d sure like to go
Whoa, oooh Mexico
I guess I’ll have to go now

Talkin’ ’bout Mexico (Mexico)
Little honkeytonk out in Mexico (Mexico)
South of Margaritaville
I’ve been told

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