Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks At Forty Lyrics






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

Watch the men who rode you
Switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasure
That few have ever seen, most of them dreams
Most of them dreams

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over 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

I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I've got to stop wishin'
Got to go fishin', I'm down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends

[Instrumental]

I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
And though I ran away, they'll come back one day
And still could manage a smile
It just takes awhile, just takes awhile

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





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  1. N.... M....

    Overdubbed and not enough Fingers, sounds like it was recorded on a laptop.

  2. T.... ....

    i am requesting this song be played at my funeral

  3. J.... S....

    Beach bum brought me here

  4. Z.... J....

    i come here when im tipsy everytime wtf i love my pops

  5. J.... H....

    I still visit here on every Christmas, thanks Jimmy Buffett, you’re still very close to my heart, great song!

  6. T.... N....

    Come Monday

  7. s.... j....

    I've done a bit of smuggling n yes I've run my share of grass.......haven't drunk now in over 2 weeks...

    s.... j....

    Its... I have been drunk now for over two weeks I passed out an I talked and I sprung a few leaks

    s.... j....

    Rallied

  8. G.... M....

    I've done a bit of smuggling

  9. E.... B....

    I wonder what Somali pirates think of this song?

  10. W.... T....

    This pirate is looking at 60!

  11. S.... B....

    This is the best song ever written.

  12. c.... r....

    i run my share of grass

  13. E.... W....

    Wonder who this song was about lol, because it wasn't the ocean! We will never know.

  14. r.... h....

    Thought I'd be rich by now

  15. r.... h....

    I did pyrotechnics for Polka Bands

  16. r.... h....

    Hope shoulder heels soon

  17. r.... h....

    Pirate looks at 50, fits

  18. S.... O....

    Salt life

  19. M.... G....

    no lie the band stick figure brought me here. they covered this song to a reggae style but both are amazing

  20. B.... A....

    #piratelife #bluerunnertoo🐬

  21. R.... D....

    I also have made enough money to buy Miami....but I've pissed it away...🍺

  22. S.... S....

    Im Moving to Key West

  23. D.... P....

    I have been drunk for over 2 weeks

  24. k.... o....

    I need to go retire in dominican or Belize after hearing this..is that a foolish statement

  25. O.... F....

    So many similarities to Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Miniver Cheevy."

  26. D.... T....

    who dislikes this shit, they should be fuckin executed.

  27. r.... ....

    The Beach Bum brought me here with a tall can of Pabst!

  28. v.... ....

    Its never too late

  29. S.... A....

    Been there done that. Prison for it. Still alive.

  30. R.... C....

    YET ANOTHER SONG THAT TAKES ME BACK 45.yrs GOOD STORY!

  31. B.... X....

    Moondog

  32. b.... G....

    My husband passed 1/17 this was one of the songs he requested I play at his funeral. So we put his favorite Harley at the front of chapel and played jimmy buffett and bob segar with his ashes setting on the Harley seat. Just the way he wanted.

  33. R.... W....

    Another Jewel from the 70s ... what a decade turn into a Man in...

  34. J.... P....

    Just turnt 40 love everything about this letter!

  35. R.... R....

    I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast.
    Man, every aspect of this song speaks to me

    R.... R....

    I made enough money to buy miami but I snorted it away so fast...
    I guess it really was never meant to last, eh..?

  36. R.... R....

    Anyone else who’s 40 wonder if Jimmy wrote this song for them?

  37. a.... ....

    Here's to those younger women!

  38. P.... B....

    Where r u honey, I'm at the end of my rope.

  39. K.... C....

    tree top

  40. T.... V....

    August 2019 crystal river Florida, still jamming out at 40.....

  41. B.... P....

    Listened to this in Hilton Head SC

  42. J.... B....

    11:53 pm 8/18/19 18:40 8/19/19 frp done share of running grass to miners.

  43. S.... ....

    Try this version for a little more kick!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zes3M6JM_EE

  44. N.... N....

    This is for sure my song I even live on a sloop sail boat

  45. A.... B....

    Stick figure brought me here

    A.... B....

    @Antonio Dishington yeah I like through the roots too lol

    A.... B....

    @Antonio Dishington canada wbu?

    A.... B....

    @Awkward Bow_Owner Colombia, in south america.

    A.... B....

    @Antonio Dishington
    Which part? Love Colombia

    A.... B....

    Same 😂

  46. E.... M....

    This is the best Buffet song change my mind. Piano Man wishes it could make me as sad as this song does.

  47. C.... K....

    I love every single verse in this song. I swear he was singing about my life

  48. r.... ....

    Being a longtime surfnutter I knew a version of this song as performed by Jack Johnson, who's into surfing, too. When it goes "And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen" I always thought he mend 'barreling waves'. And thought the lyrics were 'most of them are dreams'. Most barrels áre dreams. Some are dangerous nightmares. Great song, thanks for posting!

  49. c.... f....

    The movie beach Bum brought me here with. Matthew McConaughey

    c.... f....

    Margarita contry

    c.... f....

    Margarita

  50. B.... c....

    So beautiful and lyrical piece.

  51. J.... K....

    If only it was still the 70's.

  52. D.... s....

    I have played this song aleast 20 times since yesterday

  53. L.... B....

    It has made my life so much more than I ever imagined. You are drawn to to it and your life takes on a whole new meaning. I know that my life is like a book that you can't put down because of it.

  54. S.... S....

    Beautiful. Never forget JU 73. Maybe 74. Thanks Bob and my great sister Debbie.

  55. R.... B....

    Makes me want to grab a Corona and fishing pole and head for the coast.

  56. D.... T....

    I love this song

  57. V.... S....

    Im looking closer to 70 now

  58. B.... B....

    my little bird, my deerest wife Lori, had a stroke July 27th 2012, seven years ago tonight. She passed away December 7, 2018. but I still have this song. Yes I am a pirate

    B.... B....

    sorry for your loss, Brad.

  59. T.... Z....

    Made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast

  60. S.... L....

    Thank God we (artist and audience) have been granted the opportunity to grow old(er) and hear this music for many years. Long live the music of our era, the world is still in love with it. 59 yrs old and still listening to music from those magic years. Would love to see this kind of music being created again before I die. It never, EVER, gets old, and it’s not going to die anytime soon. You can still hear it....EVERYWHERE! In commercials, movies, shows, etc. It’s still very much alive. I hope I fade before it does. Been loving it since around 1968. Nostalgia is bittersweet.

  61. B.... H....

    PARROT HEADS UNITE!!

  62. R.... G....

    yes they do

  63. T.... M....

    I sometimes think myself a poet, yet no way. This song is absolute mastery, at least as good as Shakespeare but to me far better. This and Southern Cross and but a few others should have some kind of hall of fame, and I am qualified to make this personal judgement.

  64. t.... H....

    The ultimate if i could go back in time song! This one and down to the banana republics

  65. H.... R....

    Anyone from “Beach Bum” here

    H.... R....

    Hunter Reese Yep butiful

    H.... R....

    hell yes bought it

  66. A.... A....

    You know how these songs mean more & more the older you get

  67. L.... Z....

    great music for around the pool

  68. T.... G....

    Yes I am a pimp. 40 years too late...

  69. m.... ....

    Love this song, and loved in the movie Beach Bum.

  70. D.... S....

    My old man was a modern day pierrot 200 years to late ,a drunken sailor for 30 years in the Navy a yellow shirt and he loved every minute of it I miss the sob

    D.... S....

    Navy man here too and I love this song. Love the ocean and the islands!!!WhenI die I want my family to dump my ashes in the Southern Cribean

  71. N.... K....

    We have sea of thieves now :3

  72. T.... S....

    Ive done a bit of smuggling, Ive run my share of grass 😎

    T.... S....

    Just so you know Google 😀😀

    T.... S....

    Just so you know Google 😀😀

    T.... S....

    Just so you know Google 😀😀

  73. k.... ....

    Librocrat

  74. D.... G....

    Im seeing alot of people who have lost a husband or father and this was their favorite song, and in some way it has become a favorite of yourself if it wasn't you wouldn't be here listening! It was and is a song that my father loves i am 32 now but as a younggin i didn't want to hear this stuff! But from 17 and on wow has that changed i absolutely love it and we enjoy it together every now and then over a beer. Dad always said one day you will understand son and WOW was he right I love ya pop. Thank you for everything!

  75. S.... A....

    Since I've been a three year old pirate 😀😀😀

  76. t.... s....

    I know I'm a pirate!!! I get up in the mornings and eat Captain Crunch! I go to bed drinking Captain Morgan!!! Listen to JB all day!!!

    t.... s....

    hmm there’s a song in there somewhere.

  77. a.... g....

    Jimmy buffet is my dads favorite artist. I love this song so much.

  78. B.... F....

    I love this song

  79. J.... L....

    Those great years I spend in Miami fantastic with this music great memories

  80. G.... B....

    💋ilysvm hope you're having a brilliantly blessed day 👄 🌦🐉🏝

  81. L.... S....

    Think I'll make me another run to Columbia man

  82. s.... r....

    yes there were times when I was a victim, of fate, and my own stupidity. But I do go fishing, and when I am down to "rock bottom", the Maker rescues me thru amazing grace. May all of you know the Ocean as I have.

  83. a.... ....

    so many liars and delusions of grandeur in these comments

  84. P.... M....

    I quit my job at 40...left Europe for Mexico...was supposed to be a short vacation but never went back home! I've turned 60 and first heard this song few month ago covered by Jack Johnson...the story of us pirates! Bless you Jimmy!

    P.... M....

    Pietro Malinverni your a liar

  85. M.... T....

    Fe33:$/ x. Brad

  86. b.... ....

    I work for the main stream media - this is my song. Fits me perfectly. 10-20 years ago I would have been able to spread my lies for 500k a year. Now no jobs can be found and i have been drunk now since Nov 7th 2016...

    b.... ....

    Trump Derangment Syndrome is a bitch. All you Liberals are so fucking miserable.

  87. C.... M....

    As a 15 year old his songs make me feel like I’m missing something that I don’t know I’m missing. The meaning and impact makes me feel so at peace and I cry every time I listen to his songs alone. There is just so much energy and belief in his words and stories. I want to die listening to his songs while sitting at in the sand at a beach.

    C.... M....

    Chris Marston
    This song made me feel that way when I was 15 too. Now I am actually looking at 40 and it hits even harder. I hope you do lots of amazing things in your life.

  88. B.... R....

    I liked this song until I turned 40. It is sublime now.

  89. D.... M....

    Miss the sea..

  90. E.... L....

    I made enough money to buy Miami but pissed it away so fast

  91. �.... �....

    The Beach Bum

  92. R.... S....

    This song and Leon Russel's "Back to the Island" are the best boat songs ever....Maybe throw in "The Southern Cross" CSN for good measure.

  93. L.... B....

    My husband favorite song. Toasting him today 11 years with out my sailor yes I’m younger and yes several wives. How I miss him

  94. B.... T....

    I turned 40 when this came out. o what a life it's been goin on.

  95. E.... W....

    Miss you Dad...

  96. T.... S....

    Seen Jimmy an Coral refer band in 1979 with the eagles awesome

  97. a.... ....

    Go jimmy

  98. D.... G....

    Today is my 40th birthday and I am starting my day out with this song and a bowl of gumbo.