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