Shiver Me Timbers

Tom Waits

I'm leavin' my fam'ly 
Leavin' all 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 
Singin' my say 
Shiver me Timbers 
'Cause 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, now. 
So 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 
Gotta tell her not to cry 
'Cause my goodbye is written 
By the moon in the sky 
Hey and nobody knows me 
I can't fathom my stayin' 
Shiver me timbers 
'Cause 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 and swallow me, 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' all my friends 
My body's at home 
But my heart's in the wind 
Where the clouds are like headlines 
Upon a new front page sky 
And shiver me timbers 
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away
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