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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
Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
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
And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got stop wishin', got to go fishin'
Down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends
I go for younger women, lived with several awhile
Though I ran 'em away, they'd come back one day
Still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while
Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 17:14 Good advice Businessgypsy. There are far too many 50-year olds that can't do anything because they are physically incapable. Nobody cares if a man looks like he is 8-months pregnant. But it is sad to think of all the joyful activities that cannot be attempted. |
| agd3 | Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 17:12 Love the Buffett...and the mobile site works well too |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 14:16 Living in Southwest Florida, you can get really, really sick of the local cover bands playing nonstop Buffett tunes for tourists. I should flinch when this comes on, but I like it. Note to the melancholy kiddies: you probably won't have the time, money, fearlessness, freedom from responsibility or courage to live like a pirate until you're fifty or more - take good care of the body so you can use it when the time is right! The best is ahead. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 14:12 Ohhhh GOD NO!!!! I thought this was a Buffet-Free-Zone! Please GOD...make it stop!!! |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 14:10 Don't worry, Mr. Pirate - 40 is the new 16! LOL |
| conglif | Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 07:43 Pre-cheeseburger, the man did have a few gems ...Like THIS one (never played). |
| Middleton (along for the ride) | Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 07:32 I tire of the the overplayed Buffett hits, as well. But he has some gems, this being a shining one.  |
| evansdad (CT) | Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 07:31 This song takes me away from thinking about work...  |
| rolland69 (Jax, Fl) | Posted: Aug 28, 2009 - 07:30 Turning 40 in less than 3 months. Pirate at heart. Certainly 200 years too late for me.... |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 18:07 notremotely wrote: Second. I usually mock the typical JB "hits," but this one has always sat well with me. this version does - you can tell he took the time to do it right. unfortunately he also puts out a lot of sloppy stuff. |
| big_gare (Langley, Bee Cee, Canada) | Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 18:01 You're lame too. :-) This song however - is excellent. |
| bill-1956 (Moncure, NC) | Posted: Jul 27, 2009 - 17:59 Jimmy B is lame. However - This song is excellent. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 02:46 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: I'm only 31, but this song still tugs at me. Plus it has some great lines: "I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks" You will be shocked at how fast 31 becomes 41. You'll think "Man, that guy on Radio Paradise was right!" |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: May 25, 2009 - 04:32 Pretty darn good LP....................... |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 14:33 GINRUSH wrote: Bob Dylan likes ... Jimmy Buffett? Submitted by Roger Bull on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 16:02.  With Bob Dylan releasing his 33rd album, "Together Through Life," next week, MTV's Bill Flanagan sat down with the legend for a really long interview. It's been running in installments on Bobdylan.com and Huffingtonpost.com. Now, personally, I've got to say that no songwriter in history comes close to producing the quality and quantity of work that Dylan has. No one. So I was curious when Flanagan asked Dylan about his favorite songwriters. Here's what Dylan answered: "Buffett I guess. Lightfoot. Warren Zevon. Randy. John Prine. Guy Clark. Those kinds of writers." Now, most of those make sense. Prine and Clark are, in my mind, right after Dylan on the big list. Can't argue with Randy Newman. Zevon maybe. Gordon Lightfoot has some nice songs, but not enough and not that good, but he and Dylan go way back in the folk world. So that leaves Buffett, whose inclusion also caught Flanagan's curiosity: "What songs do you like of Buffett's," he asked? And Dylan answered: " 'Death of an Unpopular Poet.' There's another one called "He Went to Paris.' " Now, there was a time when Buffett was high on the list, back in the days when he was riding his old red bike around his town and stealing peanut butter from the mini-mart. He gave a certain ragged credibility to those of us who grew up on Florida's beaches. But it's all seemed kind of silly for awhile now. The ragged credibility faded away many millions of dollars ago, the new music hasn't been very good, his concerts have become some kind of drunken tiki bar for a bunch of people in Hawaiian shirts. Still, there he is on Dylan's list. So what do we know?
Intersting view on Dylans favorite songwriters. Buffet is one of my favorites which should not come as a surprise to any one reading this. As for Buffets latest music. Most of it he did not write. Some tunes are co-written by him. I like his latest stuff, he has the best people in Nashville working for him searching for the best songs and or covers for him and his band to record. He's making all of his money now by touring. Long live Jimmy Buffet !!!!! |
| walchenbach (Puget Sound) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:36 Planning on sailing this weekend; may have to head out a day early after hearing this old favorite again. Let me know when you are in Seattle. Duck Dodge (duckdodge.org) every Tuesday all summer. |
| Danimal174 (Upstate South Carolina) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:33 Absolutely love this! While I've never been a huge fan of some of Buffett's work (i.e. "Fins" or "Cheeseburger in Paradise"), I've always loved his more mellow, retrospective songs (this, "He Went To Paris", "The Captain & The Kid", etc.). |
| GINRUSH (Rochester, MI) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:32 Bob Dylan likes ... Jimmy Buffett?Submitted by Roger Bull on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 16:02. With Bob Dylan releasing his 33rd album, "Together Through Life," next week, MTV's Bill Flanagan sat down with the legend for a really long interview. It's been running in installments on Bobdylan.com and Huffingtonpost.com. Now, personally, I've got to say that no songwriter in history comes close to producing the quality and quantity of work that Dylan has. No one. So I was curious when Flanagan asked Dylan about his favorite songwriters. Here's what Dylan answered: "Buffett I guess. Lightfoot. Warren Zevon. Randy. John Prine. Guy Clark. Those kinds of writers." Now, most of those make sense. Prine and Clark are, in my mind, right after Dylan on the big list. Can't argue with Randy Newman. Zevon maybe. Gordon Lightfoot has some nice songs, but not enough and not that good, but he and Dylan go way back in the folk world. So that leaves Buffett, whose inclusion also caught Flanagan's curiosity: "What songs do you like of Buffett's," he asked? And Dylan answered: " 'Death of an Unpopular Poet.' There's another one called "He Went to Paris.' " Now, there was a time when Buffett was high on the list, back in the days when he was riding his old red bike around his town and stealing peanut butter from the mini-mart. He gave a certain ragged credibility to those of us who grew up on Florida's beaches. But it's all seemed kind of silly for awhile now. The ragged credibility faded away many millions of dollars ago, the new music hasn't been very good, his concerts have become some kind of drunken tiki bar for a bunch of people in Hawaiian shirts. Still, there he is on Dylan's list. So what do we know?
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| bugleboy624 (WV - Dreaming of the Ocean) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:31 Dammit Bill, you just had to play this, didn't you? Now I wanna go home to the OBX something fierce.  |
| adamdbenson (Emporia, KS) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:31 I forgot how much I need to hear this after winter. It's a transition to a more relaxed point of view. |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:30 I love this. Not much of a Jimmy fan, but this proves he can write real heart felt songs. Oops, just noticed I'd posted about this song once before. O well. |
| akmegan | Posted: Apr 23, 2009 - 12:29 CCinSB wrote: This song makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.  That's the margarita talking.  Love Jimmy Buffet. |
| notremotely | Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 10:29 Jazbo wrote: He's not a fav, but I sure do love this song. Second. I usually mock the typical JB "hits," but this one has always sat well with me. |
| dewhead (Big Orange Country) | Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 10:28 I wish I was on a nice, warm, sunny beach with a really big alcoholic drink with an umbrella in it. Oh yeah, did I mention all the topless women running around? |
| CCinSB (the west coast) | Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 10:26 This song makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 10:26 He's not a fav, but I sure do love this song. |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Jan 18, 2009 - 17:21 Nice. A songwriter perhaps over-rated by the Parrotheads (one of whom I went to college/fished/smoked pounds of reefer with) but perhaps under-rated by the rest of us. Pretty good stuff. |
| burdell (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 02:59 "I made enough money t buy Miami but I pissed it away so fast." Boy that hits a little too close to home. This song gets me every time. |
| ScopArch (Berlin, Baby) | Posted: Nov 16, 2008 - 13:14    |
| Rtbruin (Woodland Hills) | Posted: Sep 14, 2008 - 10:08 Thanks a lot. I imagine Jimmy B. is too commercial for most of your listeners, but I think it would be great if you mixed a little Jimmy in more often! |
| bill-1956 (Moncure, NC) | Posted: Sep 14, 2008 - 10:08 Not a Buffet fan - but I do have this album. And this song is quite good. |
| teeyodi (Durham, NC) | Posted: Aug 13, 2008 - 20:01 Just the song I needed...only a few weeks til the big Four-oh for me. Lucky for me my girl isn't even 30 yet!!  |
| toterola (Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | Posted: Aug 13, 2008 - 19:33 islander wrote: :nodshead: 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 not forty yet, but every time I'm on the boat I have a bit of regret over the civilized order of our day... Hell, go to the west coast of Africa. Pirates are still very active there. I'm sure they'll let you play, especially if you have more guns than they do!  |
| godspeed (maui) | Posted: Aug 13, 2008 - 19:30 can u say margaritas.... IslandBob wrote: Say what you want — this may be his best album and is perfect for one of those late summer afternoon, no matter where you are |
| IslandBob | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 16:20 Say what you want -- this may be his best album and is perfect for one of those late summer afternoon, no matter where you are |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 16:13 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: I'm only 31, but this song still tugs at me.
Plus it has some great lines: "I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks" :nodshead: 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 not forty yet, but every time I'm on the boat I have a bit of regret over the civilized order of our day... |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet waiting for the ticket home) | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 16:12 MCKY wrote: this beautiful song is well written.
agreed, its too far back Wish I was looking at 40 again, but it's too far back!  but I love this song and it's carefree reminesence. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 16:08 I'm only 31, but this song still tugs at me. Plus it has some great lines: "I have been drunk now for over two weeks, I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks" |
| MCKY (PEI, Great White North) | Posted: May 11, 2008 - 05:46 Buffet gets old fast, but this beautiful song is well written. Wish I was looking at 40 again, but it's too far back! |
| Rtbruin (Woodland Hills) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:33 Come on guys - I don't like too much commercial crap. But Jimmy is a lot of fun to listen too once in a while. He puts on a great live show also. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell, Wyo.) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:32 hschlossberg wrote: RP used to play so much new stuff. But the past few days (at least) its been lots of oldies and lots of really slow songs (like this) that my parents would like. Echchch
Songs you hate always stick out more than songs you enjoy. Only the songs you really love stick out more. In other words, you're on crack. There's a lot of recent stuff in rotation.  |
| jksteacher (Atlanta) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:32 'Haven't heard this song in... gheez... 20 years, and I'm hearing it new and, dare I say, "deeper" than before. Maybe its because I'm 39. God I need a beer. |
| burdell (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:32 Wait until you're 40 and this song starts to really mean something to you. Brilliant lyrics if you ask me. |
| islander (Seattle) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:31 If it were just a bit warmer, this would get a 10. |
| hschlossberg (Los Angeles) | Posted: Apr 09, 2008 - 17:29 RP used to play so much new stuff. But the past few days (at least) its been lots of oldies and lots of really slow songs (like this) that my parents would like. Echchch |
| Cyclehawk (Athens GA) | Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 07:52 Good to hear a bit of vintage JB every once in a while. |
| liser (on the green turtle) | Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 07:50 Perfect for a sunny winter day in Florida - pass me an orange, please... |
| tgallag (Arlington Heights, IL) | Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 07:49 I know, everyone hates buffett. That is everyone but me. I really like this song! |
| velvetglove (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2007 - 13:40 agnes wrote: Please. someone give me something sharp.
I need to end it quickly. :puke: Yup. There isn't much I could bring myself to be this negative about on the RP playlist, but this (like the rest of Buffett's catalog) is thoroughly average -- or worse. |
| jayvee2 (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Nov 04, 2007 - 13:32 miahfost wrote: I listen to RP so I do not have to hear this kind of sappy, schlocky, empty doo doo.
I listen to RP so I CAN hear these kids of songs I've neer heard before! |