Shiver Me Timbers (Tom Waits 1974)
I'm leavin my family I'm leaving all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines On a new front page sky My tears are salt water And the moon's full and high I know Martin Eden's Gonna be proud of me Many before me Who've been called by the sea To be up in the crow's nest Singing my say Shiver me Timbers 'Cause I'm a-sailin' away And the fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me, now So swallow me, don't follow me I'm traveling alone Blue water's my daughter I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus Gotta tell her not to cry 'Cause my goodbye is written By the moon in the sky Hey and nobody knows me I can't fathom my stayin' Shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a-sailin' away And the fog's lifting And the sand's shifting I'm driftin' on out Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothing on me So come on and swallow me, follow me I'm traveling alone Blue water's my daughter I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leaving my family Leaving all my friends My body's at home But my heart's in the wind Where the clouds are like headlines Upon a new front page sky And shiver me timbers 'Cause I'm a-sailin' away
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