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A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean, 1973
Written by Jimmy Buffett
This is a gentle, low-tempo number buoyed along by pedal steel, harmonica, and Key West vibes. It describes a laid-back musician coming on to, presumably, a groupie, and then needing, as musicians do, to move on. After washing away his hangover with the titular juice and gum, he gets down to the romance: "Drive-in / guzzle gin / Commit a little mortal sin / It's good for the soul." Buffett later wrote that the song is based on a specific drive-in in Florida, and the movie was Payday, starring Rip Torn.
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