A Pirate Looks At Forty 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

Watchin' every road you

Switch from sail
to steam

In your belly
you hold the treasures

Few have ever seen

Most of 'em dream

Most of 'em dream

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've made enough
money to buy Miami
but I p****d it all
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 stole a few weeks

But I got to start wishin'
got to go fishin'
down to
rock bottom again

Just a few friends

Just a few friends

I go for younger women

Lived with seven
for a while

Then I ran 'em away
they'd come back
for a day

Still could manage
a smile

Just takes a while

Just takes a while

Mother, Mother Ocean

After all the years
I've found

Occupational hazard
being occupation's
just not around

I feel I've drowned

I'm gonna head
out of town

I feel I've drowned

I'm gonna head
out of town