Jimmy Buffett - 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

Watched the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam and 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 made enough money to buy Miami
But I pissed it 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 sprung a few leaks
But I got to stop 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 several a while
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
They still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while

Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
My occupational hazard being , my occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown