A PIRATE LOOKS AT 40 – JIMMY BUFFETT


[Verse]

[  
I have heard y

   
ou call 
[] Wanted to sail upon your waters 
since I was [] three feet [] tall 
You've seen it [] all, 
[] you've seen [] it [] all  []-[]

[  
switch from sa

      
ils to steam 
[] And in your belly you hold the treasures 
[] few have ever [] seen 
Most of 'em [] dream, 
[] most of [] 'Em [] dream  []-[]

[    
two hundred ye

   
ars too late 
[  
there's nothin

   
' to plunder 
I'm an over-forty [] victim of [] fate 
Arriving too [] late, 
[] arriving [] too [] late 

[   
I've run my sh

      
are of grass 
[] I made enough money to buy Miami, 
but I pissed it [] away so [] fast 
Never [] meant to last, 
[] never [] meant to [] last []-[]

[   
I passed out a

   
nd I rallied a

   
nd I sprung a 

  
few leaks 
But I []got stop wishin', got to go fishin' 
Down to [] rock bottom [] again 
Just a few [] friends, 
[] just A [] few [] friends 

[instrumental]              

[    
lived with sev

  
eral awhile 
[   
they'd come ba

 '  
ck one day 
Still could [] manage to [] smile 
Just [] takes a while, 
[]  just Am takes A [] while 

[  
after all the 

  
years I've fou

nd 
C My occupational hazard being 
my occupation's just [] not [] around 
I feel like I've [] drowned, 
[] gonna [] head up [] town 


[Coda]

I feel like I've [] drowned, 
[] gonna [] head up [] town []-[]