In the United States Margaritaville reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart, also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single.
Bare bodkin is the salient point (no pun intended) of this line, so it gets the stresses. This creates a pyrrhic/spondee/iamb/iamb/iamb rhythm. Bodkin at the time meant a sharp instrument, much like an awl, used for punching holes in leather.
(ËbÉfÉªn) n. 1. informal Brit a scientist, esp one carrying out military research. 2. a person who has extensive skill or knowledge in a particular field: a Treasury boffin. 3. informal someone who is considered to be very clever, often to the exclusion of all non-academic interests.