Pirate

[Verse 1]

He'll sail on with the summer wind that blows on this cane bay

Everybody calls him Pirate, dark and handsome in his own way

And the fire in his eyes lit all the fire inside of me

And soon you were feeling so much more than the wind and waves and sea

[Chorus]

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul

I only want the right to love you

I know the sea won't let you go

Pirate, my love will only chain you down

So just know how much I love you

And then turn that ship around

[Verse 2]

Every time that he'd sail back to me we'd fall in love again

And my face would fill with wonder at all the places that he'd been

But I knew his sweetest love song was when he heard the trade winds blow

And I loved him way too much to tell the secret he should know

I told him

[Chorus]

Pirate, I'm not gonna take your soul

I only want the right to love you

I know the sea won't let you go

Pirate, my love will only chain you down

So just know how much I love you

And then turn that ship around

[Bridge]

Now as I watch in silence, another young man goes to sea

And his silhouette is stirrin' up a painful memory

And I know his heart is set to sail, but mine is set to cry

Cause I feel as the way I did the day Daddy said goodbye

I told him

[Chorus]

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul

I only want the right to love you

I know the sea won't let you go

Pirate, my love will only chain you down

So just know how much I love you

And then turn that ship around

[Outro]

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul

I only want the right to love you

I know the sea won't let you go

Pirate, my love will only chain you down

So just know how much I love you

And then turn that ship around

Pirate I'm not gonna-