JIMMY BUFFETT - Pirate Looks At Forty lyrics

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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 fanta<br>Rld. and then I looked at him I went, well what the hell's wrong with that? so if this song has been able to ease your pain ever so slightly, I'm glad I wrote it 'cause that's what it's for. it'<br>Led pirate looks at forty.<br>Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call<br>Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall<br>You've seen it all, you've seen it all<br><br>Watched the men who rode you switch from sail to steam<br>In your belly you can hold the treasures few have ever seen<br>Most of 'em dreams, most of 'em dreams<br><br>Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late<br>The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder<br>I'm an over-forty victim of fate<br>Arriving too late, arriving too late<br><br>But I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass<br>Made enough money to buy miami, but I pissed it away so fast<br>Never meant to last, never meant to last<br><br>I have been drunk now for over two weeks,<br>Passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks<br>But I've got stop wishin', got to go fishin'<br>I'm down to rock bottom again<br>Just a few friends, just a few friends<br><br>Nice to see all of our friends every year. thank you<br>Friends.<br><br>Now I go for younger women, lived with several awhile<br>Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day<br>And I still could manage a smile<br>Sure takes a while, just takes a while<br><br>Mother, mother ocean, after all my years I've found<br>Occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around<br>Feel like I've drowned, but I won't wear a frown<br>Feel like I've drowned, I'm gonna go check out<br>Peachtree street somewhere downtown