[00:00.00]Lyrics:Jimmy Buffett Music:Jimmy Buffett[00:17.28]Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call[00:25.11]Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall[00:36.75]You've seen it all, you've seen it all[00:42.63]Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam[00:50.40]And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen[00:57.54]Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream[01:06.69]Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late[01:14.67]The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder[01:18.75]I'm an over-forty victim of fate[01:22.11]Arriving too late, arriving too late[01:31.44]I've done a bit of smugglin', I've run my share of grass[01:39.96]I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast[01:46.26]Never meant to last, never meant to last[01:55.47]And I have been drunk now for over two weeks[01:59.31]I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks[02:05.40]But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'[02:07.14]Down to rock bottom again[02:10.35]Just a few friends, just a few friends[02:15.84](instrumental)[02:43.74]I go for younger women, lived with several awhile[02:50.61]Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day[02:54.90]Still could manage to smile[02:58.05]Just takes a while, just takes a while[03:03.36]Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found[03:15.75]My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around[03:21.99]I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown[03:26.73]Coda:[03:30.24]I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown