A pirate looks at forty (video) (midi)

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1. Mother, Mother Ocean, I have heard you call,

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I wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall,

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you've seen it all, you've seen it all.

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2. I watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam,

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and in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen,

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most of them dreams, most of them dreams.

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3. Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late,

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the cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder,

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I'm an over forty victim of fate,

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arriving too late, arriving too late.

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4. I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass,

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I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast,

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never meant to last, never meant to last.

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5. I have been drunk now for over two weeks,

I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,

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but I've got stop wishin', got to go fishin',

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I'm down to rock bottom again,

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just a few friends, just a few friends.

+ instrumental = verse 5

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5. I go for younger women, lived with several a while,

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and though I ran away, they'll come back one day,

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and I still can manage a smile,

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it just takes a while, just takes a while.

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6. Mother, Mother Ocean after all the years I've found

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my occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around,

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I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown.

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I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown.

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(Jimmy Buffett)