Tom Waits — Shiver Me Timbers

I'm leaving my family, I'm 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 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 now And many before me who've been called by the sea To be up in the crow's nest and singing my say Shiver me timbers 'cause I'm a-sailing away And 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 now So swallow me, don't follow me, I'm traveling alone Blue water is my daughter, 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 staying And shiver me timbers 'cause I'm a-sailing away And the fog's lifting, the sand's shifting, I'm drifting on out And old Captain Ahab, he ain't got nothing on me So come on and swallow me, follow me, I'm traveling alone Blue water is my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone And I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving 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-sailing away