Retirement Song lyrics

I've been roaming all my life and now I've found a lady wife,

(I'm staying... right here!)

Oh I won't go sailing any more I won't obey the ocean's call,

(I'm staying... right here!)

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I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'cause this pretty little woman is all I need

At 14 I was cabin boy to fearsome Captain Buckleroy

(I'm staying... right here!)

When I was sick he ordered cat 'o nine, until I said that I felt fine

(I'm staying... right here!)

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At 20 I manned our crow's nest and captain said I was the best

(I'm staying... right here!)

But I nearly lost my eyes to God just lookin' out for old Cape Cod

(I'm staying... right here!)

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At 25 no man alive could match my skill for gunnin'

(I'm staying... right here!)

But the Captain he got drunk one night and sank the blasted cannon

(I'm staying... right here!)

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Captain died at twenty eight and by then I was his first mate

(I'm staying... right here!)

Well they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land

(I'm staying... right here!)

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Stepped ashore at Felixstowe and made for Bristol by the road

(I'm staying... right here!)

Well I fell in love when first I saw her

Avon County's finest daughter...

And now she's got me staying Right here!

• Artist:The Longest Johns
• Album:Bones in the Ocean