A Pirate Looks At Forty-Bertie Higgins

A Pirate Looks at Forty Mother, mother ocean, I have heard your call Wanted to sail upon your water Since I was three feet tall, you've seen it all You've seen it all Watch the men who rode you Switch from sails to steam And in your belly, your holy treasures Few have ever seen Most of them dreams Most of them dreams Yes, I am a pirate Two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder There's nothing to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late Arriving too late I've done a bit of smuggling I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy my ammo But I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last Never meant to last I have been drunk now for over two weeks I've passed out and I've rallied and I've sprung a few leaks But I got to stop wishing, got to go fishing I'm down to rock bottom again, just a few friends Just a few friends I go for younger women, live with several awhile Though I ran'em away, they come back one day And still couldn't manage to smile, it just takes awhile It just takes a while Mother, mother ocean After all these years I've found My occupation, no hazard is being My occupation's just not around I feel like I've drowned Gonna head uptown Feel like I've drowned Hell, I guess I'll head uptown