Introduction: G
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
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wanted to sail upon your waters
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since I was three feet tall
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You've seen it all You've seen it all
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I've watched the men who rode you Switch from sails to steam
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And in your belly you hold the treasures
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Few have ever seen
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Most of them are dreams Yes most of them are dreams
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Yes, I am a pirate a few hundred years too late
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The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
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I'm an under forty victim of fate
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Arriving too late, arriving too late
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I‘ve done a bit of smugglin' well I've run my share of grass
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I made enough money to buy Miami
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But I pissed it away so fast
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It's never meant to last It's never meant to last
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Well I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
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But I've got to stop wishin', got to go fishin'
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down to rock bottom again
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Just a few friends Just a few friends
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Just a few friends Just a few friends