Pirate Looks At Forty

by Jimmy Buffett

Date Added
8/12/2025
**Chords:**
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In the southern part of Texas, in the town of San Antone,  
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There’s a place called the Alamo,  
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Where I was raised and got my name,  
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And my father was a pirate,  
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And I was born to roam.  

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I’ve been sailing on the ocean,  
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And I’ve seen the world go by,  
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I’ve met a thousand faces,  
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And I’ve watched the stars all die.  

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Now I’m just a pirate looking,  
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At the forty years I’ve spent,  
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Searching for a treasure,  
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That I know I’ll never get.