pirate song

from make tracks by The Crick

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petey the pirate lived with his parents panhandling a pittance just paces from the port perched with no purpose he's jealous of patrons with patches and peg legs from far away places he thinks
that will never be me the ocean it is but a dream from penzance ill never be free and then he heard in his cup a curious clink
a medallion the likes that he never did see affording a crew and a ship perhaps a fleet the young pirate he did still not believe as he ran for the shore after he sprang to his feet
as he looked out at the glistening expansive retreat his excitement was drowned by a young pirate's fears he watched his fortune sink to where he could not retrieve and in the blink of an eye he awoke from this dream
waves crashed over petey alone in his barrel the stars were replaced by a monster's tentacles coming down on a thunderous crash on his survival with his last gasp of air petey's eyes never wider he thought
as i die alone here at sea penzance is just a distant memory the monster he has truly set me free from fear and regret of never being me

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from make tracks, released June 12, 2014

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