Shiver me timbers

I'm leaving my family
leaving 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
many before me
have been drawn by the sea
To be up in the crows nest
singing my say
shiver me timbers
I'm a sailing away

And the fog's lifting
the sand's shifting
I'm drifting on out
Old captain Ahab
he ain't got nothing on me now

so swallow me
follow me
I'm traveling alone
blue water's my daughter
and I'm going to skip like a stone

So please call my mistress
tell her not to cry
'cause my goodbye is written
by the moon in the sky
Nobody knows me
I can't fathom my stayin'
shiver me timbers
I'm sailing away

And the fog's lifting
the sand's shifting
I'm drifting on out
Old captain Ahab
he ain't got nothing on me

so swallow me
follow me
I'm traveling alone
blue water's my daughter
and I'm going to skip like a stone

I'm leaving my family
leaving 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

~ Tom Waits