Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty lyrics

By: jimmy buffett<br>1974<br>Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call<br>Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall<br>You've seen it all, you've seen it all<br><br>Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam<br>And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen<br>Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream<br><br>Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late<br>The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder<br>I'm an over-forty victim of fate<br>Arriving too late, arriving too late<br><br>I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass<br>I made enough money to buy miami, but I pissed it away so fast<br>Never meant to last, never meant to last<br><br>And I have been drunk now for over two weeks<br>I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks<br>But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'<br>Down to rock bottom again<br>Just a few friends, just a few friends<br><br>(instrumental)<br><br>I go for younger women, lived with several awhile<br>Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day<br>Still could manage to smile<br>Just takes a while, just takes a while<br><br>Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found<br>My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around<br>I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown<br><br>Coda:<br>I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown