A PIRATE LOOKS AT FORTY IS MY FAVORITE SONG EVER RECORDED. IT WAS RECORDED BY JIMMY BUFFETT WHO I THINK IS THE BEST SINGER OF ALL TIMES. HE SINGS ABOUT ESCAPES AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THATS WHAT WE NEED IN THE STRESSFUL SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN NOW. THE PIRATE THAT JIMMY SINGS ABOUT WAS A REAL LIFE PERSON THAT COULDN'T FIND HIS OCCUPATION IN THE 20TH CENTURY SO HE TURNED TO SMUGGLING, PIRATING AND YES A LITTLE DRINKING. HE WAS AN OLD FRIEND OF JIMMY'S DOWN IN KEY WEST IN THE OLD DAYS SO JIMMY WROTE A SONG ABOUT HIM AND IN MY OPINION DID A GREAT JOB. WELL I COULD RAMBLE ON AND ON ABOUT THIS SONG BUT THE OLD PIRATE DIDN'T MAKE IT HE WASHED ASHORE SOMEWHERE ON THE WEST COAST NEAR SAN FRANCISCO AND THEY HAD HIM CREAMATED AND HIS ASHES STILL SIT ON A BAR IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA. SO HERE IS TO THE PIRATE AND HIS SONG. JIMMY BUFFETT YOU DID ONE HELL OF A JOB WITH THAT SONG. THANKS FROM THE NEW PIRATE.
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BY THE WAY THE PIRATES REAL NAME WAS PHIL CLARK AND HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 42. |
