This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Hoist the mainsail, here I come
Ain't no room on board for the insincere
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I'm your mutineer
Hoist the mainsail, here I come
Ain't no room on board for the insincere
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
Long ago we laughed at shadows
Lightning flashed and thunder followed us
It could never find us here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I was born to rock the boat
Some may sink but we will float
Grab your coat, let's get out of here
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
You're my witness
I'm your mutineer
I'm your mutineer
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Bob Dylan covered this song on the Enjoy Every Sandwich tribute. I ahven't heard Warren's but it is a great song
gorgeous tune. an expression of love and hope in a life of criminality and decadence. the sentiment that liars are unwelcome among thieves is an interesting one. he prefers to surround himself with people genuinely sympathetic to his cause, no latchers-on need apply.
Where does the song reference thieves? <br /> <br /> But I agree this is a beautiful song.
@scumbagstyle It wasn't until I really paid attention to this song that it became one of my favorites of WZ. Love and hope and a sense of total trust that the person he is singing this to is on board with him, can't quite find the right words for what I mean, but it's very intimate, like only they understand. With the weary tone I think more of someone who shuns society's norms than of criminality and decadence.
Tmo2199, we'd probably have a lot in common Bob and Warren are my two favorite American musicians.
This is one of Warren Zevon's finest moments. A truly remarkable song.
Tmo2199, we'd probably have a lot in common Bob and Warren are my two favorite American musicians.
This is one of Warren Zevon's finest moments. A truly remarkable song.
Warren played this on his last appearance on Letterman, when he was the only guest. Try to watch it without crying. I can't.
@Pm78 Am i thinking of a different appearance, or did he also do Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner?…I know that was one of letterman’s favorites…
@force263 - I haven't gone back and watched this episode, but according to Ultimate Classic Rock, he did do Roland, along with Mutineer and Genius.
I love this song. The intimacy of its tone, "Grab your coat, let's get out of here" is very moving.
Warren's self awareness, "I was born to rock the boat," has always been one of his most endearing qualities, and here in this song, he understands that his best friends, the ones who are not insincere, stand behind him and that he is safe with them even when "lightning flashed and thunder followed". It is his rebelliousness that they love about him: "Your're my witness; I'm your mutineer."
It is my completely unsubstantiated belief that he wrote this song with his good friend Carl Hiaasen in mind.
play it at my funeral