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.
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal. In 2003, boudin was released; by 2008 she had landed a coveted teaching position at an Ivy League university. boudin was present, but escaped the explosion and evaded capture.