Tom: G
Introdução:
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Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
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Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
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You' ve seen it all, you' ve seen it all
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Watch the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
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And in your belly you hold the treasure that few have ever seen
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Most of them dreams, most of them dreams
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Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
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The cannons don' t thunder there' s nothin' to plunder, I' m an over 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' and I' ve run my share of grass
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I made enough money to buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast
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Never meant to last, never meant to last
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I have been drunk now for over two weeks
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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' I' m down to rock bottom again
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With just a few friends, just a few friends
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I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
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And though I ran away, they' ll come back one day, I still could manage a smile
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It just takes awhile, just takes awhile
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Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I' ve found
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My occupational hazard being, my occupation&rsquo s just not around
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I feel like I' ve drowned, gonna head uptown
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I feel like I' ve drowned