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 dreams

Most of 'em dreams

Yes, I am a pirate

Two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder

There's nothin' to plunder

I'm an under-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 to stop wishin', got to go fishin'

Down to rock bottom again

Just a few friends, just a few friends I go for younger women

Lived with several awhile

And though I ran away

They'll come back one day

And I still can manage a smile

It just takes a while

Just takes a while Mother, mother ocean

After all these years I've found

My occupational hazard being

My occupation's just not around

I feel like I've drowned

Gonna head uptown