Kevin, Mark Twain is Jimmy Buffett's favorite author and he has always acknowledged Twain as the inspiration for many of his songs. Some years back there was a very good "Jimmy Buffett Literary References" page on the web that documented all of the Twain references. That page doesn't seem to be available any more, but here's an example from an interview: Pageonelit.com: I love the album Barometer Soup. Where'd you get the name? Jimmy Buffett: Mark Twain. If you're gonna borrow, borrow from the best. http://www.pageonelit.com/interviews/JBuffett.html Barometer Soup is the album with the song with the wrinkles quote: Barefoot Children In the Rain http://www.twin-music.com/lyrics_file/buffett/bar/bare.html It also contains at least two other Twain-inspired songs: That's What Living Is To Me http://www.twin-music.com/lyrics_file/buffett/hot/that.html Remittance Man http://www.twin-music.com/lyrics_file/buffett/bar/rem.html Instead of condemning Buffett for stealing from Twain, it might be better to ackowledge Buffett as a popular artist who has been influenced by Twain. Heck, you might even want to add his album to your collection. :-) Jim Zwick