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


© DUCHESS MUSIC CORPORATION;