Pirates

"Who'll take his mark?" the captain cried
"To the devil with your toes
We'll clock a hole where there comes some gold
For feet will see as it goes
I see your hunger for a fortune
Could be better served beneath my flag
If you've the stomach for a broadside
Come aboard, my pretty boys
I will take you and make you
Everything you've ever dreamed"

"Make fast the guns, tonight we sail
For by high tide, let's abandon
Untie the lines and square the yards
And let the black flag stow the wind
The Turk, the Arab and the Spaniard
Will soon have pennies on their eyes
And any other league of fancy
I will take her by surprise
You will take me and make you
Everything you've ever dreamed"

Six days off the Puga coast
And a sailor hanged and spiked
The galleon of the treasure fleet
A visceral lookout spiked
"Closer to the wind, my boys
For tonight I captain run
Every man to the right tonight
We'll be hauling gold aboard"

The galleon begged for mercy's face of dread
Laughing from the screaming souls
The godless harvest made

Driven to the core of death
The last survivor fell
"Jesus, my boys," the captain grinned
"And no one left to tell"I give you jewelry of turquoise
A crucifix of solid gold
One hundred thousand silver pieces
It is just as I foretold
Do you see there before you
Everything you've ever dreamed?

I heard in an indigo blue midday

Gold eyes, rough eyes, the sea keeps laid

Morning, white shells and a pipe of clay
As the wind filled their foot steps
They were far, far away

Sails will go as we brave our seas
On a westward wind to live as we please
With the wicked wild at will
On board a barrel top
Where we've been told that our principles
Rise in a minor chord
They will serve you, follow you
Exchange your life for the pearl that costs a king

You drink a toast with me
I give you liberty
This star is ours tonight

A bottle of wine, I make it the finest
Made a cup for a sea dog's thirst
Two long years of bones and beaches
Evil leeches did their worst
So through the night of paradise
Bring me peaches and pecans
Till I burst, burst
I want a soft turn in the right place
I want to feel like a king tonight

Tavern flag to beat the bracers
Backroom dogs give a moon return
Open wide sweet heaven's gates
Tonight we're gonna see if heaven dies

Ooh, see if heaven dies

I want an angel on a gold chain

And I'll ride to the stars

For it's the last time for a long, long time
Come the debris we embark

I'll carve the morning tide

Once for the ocean grey
This poor body will return one day
Though you feel our tears
It's the price we pay
For there's prizes to be taken
Glory to be found
Cock breathe and kings make bastard souls
We are out of out of bound
I will take you for always, forever
Together till heaven falls fucking on me

You drink a toast with me
To the devil and the deep blue sea
Don't try to make things a reality