“Wasted away again in Margaritaville,
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt.
Some people claim that there's a woman to blame,
But I know it's nobody's fault.”
Margaritaville
Song lyrics, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes (1977)
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American singer–songwriter and businessman 1946Related quotes

“Some faults may claim forgiveness.”
Sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus.
Source: Ars Poetica, or The Epistle to the Pisones (c. 18 BC), Line 347 (tr. Conington)

As quoted in David Crockett: The Man and the Legend (1994) by James Atkins Shackford, p. 106

Faithfully Remain.
Song lyrics, White Lies for Dark Times (2009)

"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

“Well, it's sugar for sugar
And salt for salt
If you go down in the flood
It's gonna be your own fault”
Compare: "I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt/ Well if you can't get along with me, then it's your own fault." Richard Brown, James Alley Blues.
Song lyrics, The Basement Tapes (1975), Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) (recorded 1967)

"The Salt of the Earth"
Source: The Harsh Voice: Four Short Novels (1935)

“My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.”
Sand and Foam (1926)