Tom Waits – Shiver Me Timbers

Tom Waits – Shiver Me Timbers Lyrics

Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Shiver Me Timbers

I’m leavin’ my family
And 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

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
And singin’ my say
Shiver me Timbers
I’m a-sailin’ away

The fog’s liftin’
And the sand’s shiftin’
And I’m driftin’ on out
And Ol’ Captain Ahab

Ain’t got nothin’ on me
So come on and swallow me, don’t follow me
I travel alone
Blue water’s my daughter

And I’m gonna skippin’ like a stone
And please call my missus
Tell her not to cry
My goodbye is written

By the moon in the sky
And nobody knows me
I can’t fathom my stayin’
And shiver me timbers

I’m a-sailin’ away
And the fog’s liftin’
And the sand’s shiftin’
And I’m driftin’ on out

Ol’ Captain Ahab
He ain’t got nothin’ on me
So come on and swallow me, don’t follow me
I travel alone

Blue water’s my daughter
And I’m skippin’ like a stone
And I’m leavin’ my family
And 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
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Tom Waits Lyrics – Shiver Me Timbers

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Release Year: 1974