Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty

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1Verse:
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2Mother, mother ocean, I have heart you call, wanted to sail upon your waters
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3since I was three feet tall. Youve seen it all, youve seen it all.
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8Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. And in your belly you hold the
9that few have ever seen. Most of them dreams, most of them dreams.
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12Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. The cannons dont thunder, theres nothing
13plunder, Im an over fourty victim of fate; arriving too late, arriving too late.
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16Ive done a bit of smugglin', Ive run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy
17but i pissed it away so fast. Never ment to last, Never ment to last.
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20I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few
21but Ive got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' down to rock bottom again. Just a few
22just a few friends.
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25Instrumental
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28I go for younger women, lived with several awhile, although I ran away, theyll be back
29day, and still I can manage a smile. It just takes awhile, it just takes awile.
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31Verse:
32Mother, mother ocean, after all these years Ive found my occupational hazard being my
33just not around
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34   I feel like Ive drowned, gonna head up town.
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