Cover art for Stars on the Water by Jimmy Buffett

Stars on the Water

Jimmy Buffett
Track 29 on Boats Beaches Bars & Ballads 

Producers

Jimmy Buffett & Michael Utley
Sep. 19831 viewer

Stars on the Water Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down in Louisiana
Bayous by and by
Pirogue pole or your natural soul
Keeps you tied to a tree, high tide

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Beer joint lights come on
And then the crowd starts rollin' in

[Chorus]
Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
It's like stars on the water
Let it rain

[Verse 2]
Beaumont to Biloxi
Sea breeze at your door
Gypsy rains, dang hurricanes
White silver sandy shore

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Blue Light Lounge is shinin'
Way out on the view
[Chorus]
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Let it rain

[Verse 3]
When it's midnight down in Mobile
Moonbeams on the bay
They come from miles around to dance the jukebox down
And dig the good time sounds they play

[Pre-Chorus 3]
All across the harbor
Night lights shinin' in

[Chorus]
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Let it rain

[Chorus]
Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
It's like stars on the water
Let it rain

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Boats Beaches Bars & Ballads (1992)
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    Son of a Son of a Sailor
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    Havana Daydreamin’
  3. 3.
    Mañana
  4. 4.
    Treat Her Like a Lady
  5. 5.
    Steamer
  6. 6.
    Jolly Mon Sing
  7. 7.
    Nautical Wheelers
  8. 8.
    Take It Back
  9. 9.
    On a Slow Boat to China
  10. 10.
    Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
  11. 11.
    Love and Luck
  12. 12.
    The Captain and the Kid
  13. 13.
    Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
  14. 14.
    Boat Drinks
  15. 15.
    One Particular Harbour
  16. 16.
    A Pirate Looks at Forty
  17. 17.
    Lovely Cruise
  18. 18.
    Margaritaville
  19. 19.
    Grapefruit-Juicy Fruit
  20. 20.
    Ragtop Day
  21. 21.
    Frank and Lola
  22. 22.
    Tin Cup Chalice
  23. 23.
    Knees of My Heart
  24. 24.
    Money Back Guarantee
  25. 25.
    When the Coast Is Clear
  26. 26.
    Biloxi
  27. 27.
    Distantly in Love
  28. 28.
    Coconut Telegraph
  29. 29.
    Stars on the Water
  30. 30.
    Who’s the Blonde Stranger?
  31. 31.
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  32. 32.
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    Volcano
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  35. 35.
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    Fins
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    Tampico Trauma
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    First Look
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    Why Don’t We Get Drunk (And Screw)
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    Pencil Thin Mustache
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    When Salome Plays The Drum
  50. 50.
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  52. 52.
    Sendin’ the Old Man Home
  53. 53.
    Domino College
  54. 54.
    Come Monday
  55. 55.
    Defying Gravity
  56. 56.
    Survive
  57. 57.
    Incommunicado
  58. 58.
    I Heard I Was in Town
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    Ballad of Spider John
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  65. 65.
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  67. 67.
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  68. 68.
    Island
  69. 69.
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  70. 70.
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  71. 71.
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  72. 72.
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September 1983
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