I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
Mother, Mother Ocean, after all the years I've found
But I got to stop wishin', got to go fishin' down to rock bottom again
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
Just takes a while, just takes a while
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
Still could manage to smile
Never meant to last, never meant to last
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
Just a few friends, just a few friends
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
I've done a bit of smugglin' and I've run my share of grass
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
Arriving too late, arriving too late
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
