Mother mother 

ocean, I have 

heard you call
             
Wanted to sail

              
 upon your wat

              
er since I was

      
 three feet ta

ll
      
You seen it  a

         
ll, you seen i

  
t all


Watched the me

n who rode you

, switch from 

sail to steam
             
And in your be

              
lly you hold t

              
he treasures, 

        
few have ever 


seen
       
Most of  them 

        
dream, most of

      
 them dream


Yes I am a pir

ate, two hundr

ed years too l

ate
    
The cannons do

n't thunder th

ere's nothin' 

to plunder
             
I'm an over fo

        
rty victim of 

 
 fate
      
Arriving to  l

         
ate, arriving 

   
to late


I done a bit o

f smugglin', I

've run my sha

re of grass
             
I made enough 

              
money to buy M

              
iami, but I pi

          
ssed it away s

 
o  fast
       
Never meant to

        
 last, never m

        
eant to last


I have been dr

unk now for ov

er two weeks, 

I passed out a

nd

        I rallied and I smoked a few reefs
             
But I gotta st

              
op wishin' I g

              
ot to go fishi

           
n', down to Ro

    
ck Bottom agai

n
     
Just a  few fr

          
iends, just a 

    
few friends

LEAD


I go for young

er women, live

d with several

 a while
             
Though I ran '

              
em away they c

              
ome back one d

              
ay, still coul

      
d manage a smi

le
       
Just takes a w

        
hile, just tak

     
es a while


Mother mother 

ocean, after a

ll these years

 I've found
             
Occupational h

              
azzard beats a

             
n occupation j

   
ust not around
      
Feel like I  d

         
rowned, gonna 

        
head up town
      
Feel like I  d

         
rowned, gonna 

        
head up town