"Re-Retirement Song" lyrics

Ooh, hey, stretch out the hamstrings

Oh 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 anymore
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 fourteen I was cabin boy
To fearsome Captain Buckleroy
I'm stayin' right here
When I was sick he ordered cat-a-nine
Until I said that I felt fine
I'm stayin' 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 twenty I manned our crows nest
And Captain said I was the best
I'm stayin' right here
But I almost lost my eyes to God
Just looking out for old Cape Cod
I'm stayin' 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, hey, woo
Hey hey

At twenty-five, no man alive
Could match my skill for gunning
I'm stayin' right here
But the Captain he got drunk one night
And broke the blasted cannon
I'm stayin' 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

Well, I jumped aboard at Morecambe Bay
And made for Bristol down the way
I'm stayin' 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! (Woo-hoo!)

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
(Yeah! Woo!)