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A Pirate Looks at 40
by Jimmy Buffett

Album: A1A
Release Date: 1974-12-01
Added to Badave: 2009-08-16 by belowaveragedave
Genre Country : Classic Country
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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 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 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 occupations just not around
I feel like I've drowned
gonna head uptown

I feel like I've drowned
gonna head uptown
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Additional InfoDuration: 3:57
Vocals: Jimmy Buffett
Instruments: Jimmy Buffett
Label: Dunhill
Writers: Jimmy Buffett
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