| Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
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| 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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| Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
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| And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
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| Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
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| I go for younger women, I lived with several awhile
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| Though I ran 'em away, they’d come back one day
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| Still could manage to smile
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| Just takes a while, just takes a while
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| 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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| I’ve done a bit of smugglin', I’ve run my share of grass
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| And I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
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| It’s never meant to last, it’s never meant to last
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| And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
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| I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
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| But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'
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| Down to rock bottom again
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| Just a few friends, just a few friends
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| (instrumental)
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| Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I’ve found
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| My occupational hazard being my occupation’s just ain’t 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 |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song A Pirate Looks At Forty , by - Jimmy Buffett. Song from the album Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads, in the genre Поп