| 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', 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 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 awhile
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
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 |
