Tom Waits - Shiver Me Timbers |
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Shiver Me Timbers
Tom Waits I'm leavin' my fam'ly My body's at home And leavin' my friends 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 And I know Martin Eden's Who've been called by the sea Gonna be proud of me And many before me To be up in the crow's nest And singin' my say Shiver me Timbers 'Cause I'm a And Ol' Captain Ahab The fog's liftin' And the sand's shiftin' He ain't got nothin' on me. and I'm driftin' on out So come on and swallow me, don't follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone So please call my missus By the moon in the sky And nobody knows me Tell her not to cry 'Cause my goodbye is written Shiver me timbers I can't fathom my stayin' And the fog's liftin' I'm a I'm driftin' on out And the sand's shiftin' Ol' Captain Ahab He ain't got nothin' on me So come on and swallow me, don't follow me I'm trav'lin' alone Blue water's my daughter 'n I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leavin' my family Leavin' my friends But my heart's in the wind My body's at home On a new front page sky Where the clouds are like headlines And shiver me timbers I'm a-sailin' away |
