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Current version of Jimmy Buffett Lyrics A Pirate Looks at Forty (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jimmy-buffett/a-pirate-looks-at-f...) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Jimmy Buffett Lyrics A Pirate Looks at Forty (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/jimmy-buffett/a-pirate-looks-at-f...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call | Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Wanted to sail upon your waters | Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Since I was three feet tall | 1 | ||||||||||||
| You've seen it all, you've seen it all | You've seen it all, you've seen it all | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Watched the men who rode you | Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Switch from sails to steam and in your belly | And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | You holdthe treasures few have ever seen | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream | Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream | |||||||||||||
| Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late | Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late | |||||||||||||
| The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder | |||||||||||||
| I'm an over-forty victim of fate | I'm an over-forty victim of fate | |||||||||||||
| Arriving too late, arriving too late | Arriving too late, arriving too late | |||||||||||||
| 4 | I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass | I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | I made enough money to buy Miami | I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | But I pissed it away so fast | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Never meant to last, never meant to last | Never meant to last, never meant to last | |||||||||||||
| And I have been drunk now for over two weeks | And I have been drunk now for over two weeks | |||||||||||||
| I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks | I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks | |||||||||||||
| 6 | But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' | But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin' | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Down to rock bottom again, just a few friends, just a few friends | Down to rock bottom again | 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Just a few friends, just a few friends | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | I go for younger women, lived with several a while | (instrumental) | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | I go for younger women, lived with several awhile | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day | Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day | |||||||||||||
| 9 | They still could manage to smile | Still could manage to smile | 9 | |||||||||||
| Just takes a while, just takes a while | Just takes a while, just takes a while | |||||||||||||
| Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found | Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found | |||||||||||||
| 10 | My occupational hazard being , my occupation's just not around | My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around | 10 | |||||||||||
| I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown | I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Coda: | 5 | ||||||||||||
| I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown | I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown | |||||||||||||
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