A Pirate Looks at Forty (Jimmy Buffett Cover) Lyrics
Mother, mother ocean
I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters
Since I was three feet tall
You’ve seen it all
You’ve seen it all
Watch the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures
That few have ever seen
Most of them dreams
Most of them dreams
Yes I am a pirate
Two hundred years too late
The cannons don’t thunder
There’s nothin’ to plunder
I’m an over forty victim of fate
Arriving too late
Arriving too late
I’ve done a bit of smugglin’
And I’ve run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami
But I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last
Never meant to last
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I’ve got to stop wishin’
Got to go fishin’
I’m down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends
Just a few friends
I go for younger women
Lived with several awhile
And though I ran away, they’d come back one day
And still could manage a smile
It just takes a while
Just takes a while
Mother, mother ocean
After all the years I’ve found
My occupational hazard being
My occupation’s just not around
I feel like I’ve drowned
Gonna head uptown
I feel like I’ve drowned
Gonna head uptown