Pirate Song

sailor junkman, unfaithful servant
 my lover in heaven, my brother in hell
 wish you wrote better
 for dreamers who earthbound
 are roaming the cities
 in search of the tale
 maybe you've seem them
 a ghost on the stair
 thankful and thankless
 he prays for forgiveness
 he loved only one time
 and he loved her well
 I will bury his broken hands
 that he strangled me with
 oh I begged him to do it
 you may call it an accident
 and may wonder where might
 a vagabond drove me
 a motherless child
 you may follow him, wait for him
 and orphan of strangers
 well maybe you've seen him
 thankful and thankless
 he prays for forgiveness
 he loved only one time
 and he loved her well
 I will bury his broken hands
 that he strangled me with
 oh I begged him to do it
 yes I did
 sailor junkman, wandering scavenger
 tree climber walking where he goes
 death to all men
 who dared to put lead in his shoes
 trying to keep him still
 thankful and thankless
 he prays for forgiveness
 he loved only one time
 and he loves me
 do it, come on, do it -- sucker!