Shiver Me Timbers Songtext
von James Taylor

I′m leavin' my fam′ly
Leavin' 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

I know Martin Eden's
Gon′ 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


The fog′s liftin′
And the sand's shiftin′
And I'm, I′m driftin' free
And ol′ Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin' on me
C′mon swallow me, don′t follow me
I won't travel alone
Blue water′s my daughter
I'm gonna skip like a stone

Please call my missus
And tell her not to cry
My goodbye is written
By the moon in the sky
And nobody here knows me
I can′t fathom my stayin'
Shiver me timbers
I′m a-sailin' away

The fog's liftin′
And the sand′s shiftin'
And I′m driftin' free
And ol′ Captain Ahab
He ain't got nothin′ on me
So swallow me, don't follow me
Travel alone
Blue water's my daughter
And I′m gonna skip like a stone


I′m leavin' my family
I′m leavin' 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
And shiver me timbers
I′m a-sailin' away