"Mother, mother ocean,
Wanted to sail upon your waters
since I was three feet tall.
You've seen it all,
Watch the men who rode you,
Switch from
.
And in your belly you hold the treasure
that few have ever seen,
Most of them dreams.
two hundred years too late.
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an
victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late.
I've done a bit of smugglin'
I've run
I made enough money to buy Miami,
But I pissed it
Never meant to last, never meant to last.
I have been drunk now for over two weeks,
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks,
But I've
I'm down to rock bottom again.
Just a few friends, just a few friends
Instrumental - 'The Ship Bells Ring'
I go for younger women,
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day.
And still
It just takes awhile, just takes awhile.
Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found
My occupational
my occupation's
I feel like I've drowned,
Gonna head uptown.
