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Shiver Me Timbers

Tom Waits
1973-12-313:48 minSynced lyrics

"Shiver Me Timbers" is a song by Tom Waits, released in 1973 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:48 long and contains 50 lines and 239 words.

0:00I'm leavin' my fam'ly
0:26Leavin' all my friends
0:30My body's at home
0:32But my heart's in the wind
0:35Where the clouds are like headlines
0:40On a new front page sky
0:45My tears are salt water
0:48And the moon's full and high
0:50And I know Martin Eden's
0:58Gonna be proud of me
1:00And many before me
1:05Who've been called by the sea
1:09To be up in the crow's nest
1:14Singin' my say
1:18Shiver me Timbers
1:22I'm a-sailin' away
1:27And the fog's liftin'
1:29And the sand's shiftin'
1:31I'm driftin' on out
1:35Ol' Captain Ahab
1:38He ain't got nothin' on me now
1:41So swallow me don't follow me
1:47I'm trav'lin' alone
1:50Blue water's my daughter
1:54'N I'm gonna skip like a stone
2:16So please call my missus
2:20Gotta tell her not to cry
2:22'Cause my goodbye is written
2:27By the moon in the sky
2:30Hey and nobody knows me
2:34I can't fathom my stayin'
2:39Shiver me timbers
2:42'Cause I'm a-sailin' away
2:48And the fog's liftin'
2:50And the sand's shiftin'
2:52I'm driftin' on out
2:56Ol' Captain Ahab
2:59He ain't got nothin' on me
3:03So come and swallow me follow me
3:08I'm trav'lin' alone
3:11Blue water's my daughter
3:15'N I'm gonna skip like a stone
3:18And I'm leavin' my family
3:23Leavin' all my friends
3:27My body's at home
3:30But my heart's in the wind
3:33Where the clouds are like headlines
3:38Upon a new front page sky
3:41And shiver me timbers
3:48'Cause I'm a-sailin' away
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
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
Shiver Me Timbers lyrics

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