SHIVER ME TIMBERS
(Tom Waits)
As recorded by Tom Waits on "The Heart of Saturday Night" (1974)

1. 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 on a new front-page sky,
My tears are salt water, and the moon's full and high.

2. I know Martin Eden's gonna be proud of me.
Many before me have 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.

3. And the fog's liftin', the sand's shiftin', I'm driftin' on out.
Ol' Captain Ahab, he ain't got nothin' on me.
So swallow me, don't follow me; I'm travelin' alone,
Blue water's my daughter and I'm gonna skip like a stone.

4. 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',
And shiver me timbers 'cause I'm a-sailin' away.

REPEAT 3 & 1.