Retirement Song (2023)
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!
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!
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 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!
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 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!
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
Captain died at 28 and by then I was his first mate
I'm staying, right here!
Oh they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land
I'm staying, right here!
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
Stepped ashore at Felixstowe and made for Bristol by the road
I'm staying, right here!
Oh I fell in love when first I saw her
Avon County's finest daughter
And now she's got me staying right here (a-way!)
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
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
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!
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!
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 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!
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 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!
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
Captain died at 28 and by then I was his first mate
I'm staying, right here!
Oh they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land
I'm staying, right here!
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
Stepped ashore at Felixstowe and made for Bristol by the road
I'm staying, right here!
Oh I fell in love when first I saw her
Avon County's finest daughter
And now she's got me staying right here (a-way!)
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
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
Credits
Writer(s): Andrew Yates, David Robinson, Joshua Bowker, Jonathan Darley
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Other Album Tracks
- The Captain's Daughter (2023)
- Anne Louise (2023)
- Bones in the Ocean (2023)
- Retirement Song (2023)
- Men I've Known and Killed (2023)
- The Captain's Daughter (Remixed)
- Anne Louise (Remixed)
- Bones in the Ocean (Remixed)
- Retirement Song (Remixed)
- Men I've Known and Killed (Remixed)
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