Mother, mother ocean I've heard you call Wanted to sail upon your waters Since I was three feet tall You've seen it all You see it all I've watched the men who rode you Switched from sails to steam And in your belly you hold the treasures You have ever seen Most of them dream Most of them dream Well I guess 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 And I've run my share of grass I've made enough money to buy Miami But I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last Never meant to last Well I have been drunk now for over two weeks I've past out and I've rallied and I've sprung a few leaks But I've 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 wives But I ran away Didn't come back one day But they still could manage to smile Just takes a while Just takes a while Mother mother ocean After all these years I've found This occupational hazard be When occupation just not around Feels like I've drown Gonna get drunk out of town Feels like I've drown Gonna get drunk out of town