They were run aground
near Vinyard Sound
the day the captain died

And I weren't there to see him fall
or where the body lie
He wouldn't let me sail that day
a friend he was to me

So I stood on the pier in fear
and watched them put to sea

Remember youthful times
We stood behind the crown
We could see the whole world
Cause' we sailed the whole round

The lash upon a Man-O-War
Was never good to me
So it was I felt the call
And turned to piracy

We don't fight for country
and we've never fought for God
We have run the tempest seas
Where angels fear to trod
Stand the Fo'c'sle through the night
Keep the main line dry
With an eye on that horizon
For sails against the sky

Heady days they were
when we Could pillage as we pleased
Merchant slave and silver
It was we who ruled the seas

A girl in every port of call
Our sorrows we could drown
So it was for me the day
I turned against the crown

Now Captain was a seaman
Of the likes I'd never known
He could throw abeam that Brigantine
You'd hear the main mast moan

Wind it always favors he
With steadiness of hand
The very waves themselves it seems
Would yield to his command

We don't fight for country
and we've never fought for God
We have run the tempest seas
Where angels fear to trod
Stand the fo'c's'le through the night
Keep the main line dry
With an eye on that horizon
For sails against the sky

Ask her for another round
but don't give out your name
I don't care that she's a beauty
The rules are still the same

If I were you I'd not sit
With my back against the door
And I wouldn't blow that bag of gold
To gamble drink and whore

I'll not stand for slander
I'll not dance the hempin' jig
They can't hang what
They can't catch
Lord I'm moving quick

You should do the same
If your to see another day
Loyalty is well and good
'till life has passed away

We don't fight for country
and we've never fought for God
We have run the tempest seas
Where angels fear to trod
Stand the fo'c's'le through the night
Keep the main line dry
With an eye on that horizon
For sails against the sky

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