Pirates And Privateers

If you’ve heard about us

You’ll better be gone

When horizons are covered in smoke

The beat of our cannons and gunpowder smell

Lingering on like the perfume of hell

Not sailing for a crown

Never homeward bound

‘til the tides decide about fate

May the wind be at our backs

There ain’t no coming back

Always three sheets to the wind

Hiding our fear riding the waves

We are pirates and privateers

Being at mercy of the devil’s grace

We are pirates and privateers

Our crew is as close as forgotten families

Scurvy and heat are the worst enemies

The sea tells it’s tale of words too far from sane

Only rum in our throats that might ease the pain

But we are sure

There’s no happy end

For a buccaneer like me

What’s behind the edge of the world

Could it set my soul free