A Pirate Looks at Forty         (Jimmy Buffett)

[Verse 1]
        
        Mother

 mother ocean,

 I have heard 

your call,
             
        Wanted

              
 to sail upon 

              
your waters si

              
nce I was thre

        
e feet tall,
              
        You've

            
 seen it all, 

             
  you've seen 

   
it all

[Verse 2]
        
        Watche

d the men who 

rode you, swit

ch from sail t

o steam,
             
        And in

              
 your belly yo

              
u hold the tre

              
asure, that fe

             
w have ever se

en,
              
        Most o

            
f them dream, 

             
  most of them

   
 dream

[Verse 3]
        
        Yes I 

am a pirate, t

wo hundred yea

rs too late,
        
        The ca

nnons don't th

under, there's

 nothin' to pl

under,
              
        I'm an

              
 over-forty vi

         
ctim of fate,
              
        Arrivi

            
ng too late,  

             
 arriving too 

 
late

[Verse 4]
        
        I done

 a bit of smug

glin', I've ru

n my share of 

grass,
             
        I made

              
 enough money 

              
to buy Miami, 

              
but I pissed i

           
t away so fast

,
              
        Never 

            
meant to last,

             
   never meant

     
 to last

[Verse 5]
        
        I have

 been drunk no

w for over two

 weeks,

        I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,
             
        But I 

              
gotta stop wis

              
hin', gotta go

              
 fishin', I'm 

              
down to rock b

       
ottom again,
              
        Just a

            
 few friends, 

             
  just a few f

   
riends

[Verse 6]
        
        I go f

or younger wom

en, lived with

 several a whi

le,
             
        Though

              
 I ran 'em awa

              
y they come ba

              
ck one day, st

              
ill could mana

      
ge a smile,
              
        Just t

            
akes a while, 

             
  just takes a

   
 while

[Verse 7]
        
        Mother

 mother ocean,

 after all the

se years I've 

found,
             
        My occ

              
upational haza

              
rd being, my o

              
ccupation's ju

        
st not around
              
        Feel l

            
ike I've  drow

             
ned,   gonna h

        
ead uptown
              
        Feel l

            
ike I've  drow

             
ned,   gonna h

        
ead uptown