USA Today ran a contest to come up with a new verse to the song "Margaritaville". The winner was announced in USA WEEKEND, and it's Jack Honey from Salem, Oregon.
And the winning verse is ...
A glass of perfection
Headed my direction
Givin' my mind a chance to be free
Head's still reelin'
Sunburn's still peelin'
Finding sand where sand shouldn't be
From USA Weekend Magazine: This summer, we invited you to compose a new first verse to Buffett's classic tune ... The response was overwhelming: More than 14,000 readers from across the country waxed poetic on nibbled spongecake, shrimp left untended and, in a frankly convincing attempt to win us over, USA WEEKEND Magazine.
Needless to say, picking a winner was tough. But we did, and we can't imagine a better choice: It is Jack Honey, 59, a carpenter from Salem, Ore., who got the news on his 36th wedding anniversary and who has only flown once on an airplane. "I was reading USA WEEKEND, and I saw the contest and thought, 'I kind of get the attitude of Jimmy,' " says Honey, who has a garage band named Loose Rock. "Not that I can write as well as he does, but I thought, 'Maybe I can write just one lyric that will fit into the song.' I can't believe I did."
USA Today Margaritaville New Verse Contest
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