A Pirate Looks At Forty — текст песни (Jimmy Buffett)

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 stop wishin`, got to go fishin`

Down to rock bottom again

Just a few friends, just a few friends



(instrumental)



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 occupation`s just not around

I feel like I`ve drowned, gonna head uptown



Coda:

I feel like I`ve drowned, gonna head uptown