Mother, mother ocean
 I have heard you call
 
 Wanted to sail upon your waters
 
 Since I was three feet tall
 
 Cause you've seen it all
 
 You've seen it all
 
 I 
 
 watched the men who rode you
 
 They switched from sails to steam
 
 And in your belly, you hold the treasures
 
 Few have ever seen
 
 Most of them are dreams
 
 Most of them are dreams
 
 
 
 Well, yes I am a pirate
 
 A few hundred years to late
 
 The cannons don't thunder
 There's nothing to plunde
 r
 I'm an under forty victim of fate
 
 Arriving too late
 
 Arriving too late
 
 
 I've done a bit of smuggling
 
 Well, I've run my share of grass
 
 I've made enough money to buy Miami
 
 But I pissed it away so fast
 
 It's never meant to last
 
 It's never meant to last
 
 
 Well, I've been drunk now for over two weeks
 
 I've passed out and I've rallied and I've sprung a few leaks
 But
 I've gotta stop wishin'
 
 I've gotta go fishin'
 
 Down to rock bottom again
 
 
 With just a few friends
 
 Just a few friends
 
 With just a few friends
 
 Just a few friends