Retirement Song letra

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
By 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 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!

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!
Well 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

The Longest Johns - Letras

• Ashes
• Barge Ballad
• Bones In The Ocean
• Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
• Drunken Sailor
• Haul Away Joe
• It's Hard To Be a Shantyman (On Christmas)
• Moby Duck
• Oak & Ash & Thorn
• Off to Sea
• Pride Of The White Star Line
• Randy Dandy-O
• Retirement Song
• Santiana
• Santiano (feat. Skáld)
• Spanish Ladies
• The Captain's Daughter
• The Curse
• The Parting Glass
• The Workers Song
• Wallerman
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Wellerman
• Whells Of Glory