Album Name

A-1-A

Artist

Jimmy Buffett

Genre

POP

Release Date

1974.01.01

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

A Pirate Looks At Forty - Jimmy Buffett
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
Watch the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you
Hold the treasures
Few have ever seen
Most of them dreams
Most of them dreams
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
I've run my share 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 have been drunk
Now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied
And I sprung a few leaks
But I've got to stop wishin
Got to go fishin'
I'm down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends
Just a few friends

I go for younger women
Lived with several awhile
And though I ran away
They'll come back one day
And still could manage a smile
It just takes awhile
Just takes awhile
Mother, mother ocean
After all these years I've found
My occupational hazard being
My occupations just not around
I feel like I've drowned
Gonna head uptown
I feel like I've drowned
Gonna head uptown