Shiver Me Timbers

Tom Waits

1. I'm leaving my family
   leaving all my friends
   my body's at home
   but my heart`s in the wind
   where the clouds are like headlines
   on a new frontpage sky
   my tears are salt water
   and the moon`s full and high
   
2. And I know Martin Eden's
   gonna be proud of me
   many before me
   has been called by the sea
   To be up in the crow's nest
   singing my say
   Shiver me Timbers
   I'm a-sailing away

R: Now the fog's lifting
   and the sand's shifting and
   I'm drifting on out
   Old captain Ahab
   he ain't got nothing on me
   So come on and swallow me , don`t follow me
   I'm travelling alone
   Blue waters my daughter
   I'm skippin' like a stone

3. 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-sailing away

R: Now the fog's lifting...

4. I'm leaving my family
   I'm leaving my friends
   my body's at home
   but my hearts in the wind
   where the clouds are like headlines
   on a new frontpage sky
   shiver me timbers
   I'm a-sailing ... a...way