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Shiver Me Timbers Lyrics

Album/Collection: Early Years 2
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I'm leavin' my fam'ly
And leavin' 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

And I know Martin Eden's
Gonna be proud of me
And many before me
Who've been called by the sea
To be up in the crow's nest
And singin' my say
Shiver me Timbers
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

    The fog's liftin'
    And the sand's shiftin'
    and I'm driftin' on out
    And 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

So please call my missus
Tell her not to cry
'Cause my goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
And nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers
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
    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
My body's at home
But my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky
And shiver me timbers
I'm a-sailin' away

Shiver Me Timbers Lyrics

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