Shiver Me Timbers Lyrics - Other Covers - James Taylor

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 

'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, 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