Jimmy Buffett - Pirate Looks At Forty Lyrics
This is a song, I guess I wrote this for an old friend of mine a few years back who could just not seem to find his occupation in the twentieth century. so he just chose to live in a fantaRld. and then I looked at him I went, well what the hells wrong with that? so if this song has been able to ease your pain ever so slightly, Im glad I wrote it cause thats what its for. itLed pirate looks at forty.Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you callWanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tallYouve seen it all, youve seen it allWatched the men who rode you switch from sail to steamIn your belly you can hold the treasures few have ever seenMost of em dreams, most of em dreamsYes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too lateThe cannons dont thunder, theres nothin to plunderIm an over-forty victim of fateArriving too late, arriving too lateBut Ive done a bit of smugglin, Ive run my share of grassMade enough money to buy miami, but I pissed it away so fastNever meant to last, never meant to lastI have been drunk now for over two weeks,Passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaksBut Ive got stop wishin, got to go fishinIm down to rock bottom againJust a few friends, just a few friendsNice to see all of our friends every year. thank youFriends.Now I go for younger women, lived with several awhileThough I ran em away, theyd come back one dayAnd I still could manage a smileSure takes a while, just takes a whileMother, mother ocean, after all my years Ive foundOccupational hazard being my occupations just not aroundFeel like Ive drowned, but I wont wear a frownFeel like Ive drowned, Im gonna go check outPeachtree street somewhere downtown
