EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER - Pirates lyrics

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Who'll make his mark<br>The captain cried<br>To the devil drink a toast<br>We'll glut the hold<br>With cups of gold<br>And we'll feed the sea with ghosts<br>I see your hunger for a fortune<br>Could be better<br>Served beneath my flag<br>If you've the stomach<br>For a broadside<br>Come aboard my pretty boys<br>I will take you and make you<br>Everything you've ever dreamed<br><br>Make fast the guns tonight we sail<br>When the high tide floods the bay<br>Cut free the lines<br>And square the yards<br>Get the black flag stowed away<br>The turk the arab and the spaniard<br>Will soon have pennies on their eyes<br>And any other laden fancy<br>We will take her by surprise<br>I will take you and make you<br>Everything you've ever dreamed<br><br>Six days off the cuban coast<br>When a sail ahead they spied<br>A galleon of the treasure fleet<br>The mizzen lookout cried<br>Closer to the wind my boys<br>The mad eyed captain roared<br>For every man that's alive tonight<br>Will be hauling gold aboard<br><br>Spare us the galleon begged<br>But mercy's face had fled<br>Blood ran from the screaming souls<br>The cutlass harvested<br>Driven to the quarter deck<br>The last survivor fell<br>She's ours my boys<br>The captain grinned<br>And no one left to tell<br><br>The captain rose from a silk divan<br>With a pistol in his fist<br>And shot the lock from an iron box<br>And a blood red ruby kissed<br>I give you jewelry of turquoise<br>A crucifix of solid gold<br>One hundred thousand silver pieces<br>It is just as I foretold<br>You, you see there before you<br>Everything you've ever dreamed<br><br>Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay<br>Gold eyed 'round fires<br>The sea thieves lay<br>Morning, white shells<br>And a pipe of clay<br>As the wind filled their footprints<br>They were far, far away<br><br>Our sails swell full<br>As we brave all seas<br>On a westward wind<br>To live as we please<br>With the wicked wild eyed woman<br>Of portobello town<br>Where we've been told<br>That a purse of gold<br>Buys any man a crown<br>They will serve you and cloth you<br>Exchange your rags<br>For the velvet coats of kings<br><br>Who'll drink a toast with me<br>I give you liberty<br>This town is ours - tonight<br><br>Landlord wine<br>And make it the finest<br>Make it a cup for a sea dogs thirst<br>Two long years of bones and beaches<br>Fever and leaches did their worst<br>So fill the night with paradise<br>Bring me peach and peacock<br>'till I burst<br>But first, I want a soft touch<br>In the right place<br>I want to feel like a king tonight<br>Ten on the black<br>To beat the frenchman<br>Back you dogs<br>Give them room to turn<br>Now open wide sweet heavens gate<br>Tonight were gonna<br>See if heaven burns<br>I want an angel on a gold chain<br>And I'll ride her to the stars<br>It's the last time<br>For a long, long time<br>Come the daybreak we embark<br>On the flood of the morning tide<br>Once more the ocean cried<br><br>This company will return one day<br>Though we feel your tears<br>It's the price we pay<br>For there's prizes to be taken<br>And glory to be found<br>Cut free the chains<br>Make fast your souls<br>We are eldorado bound<br>I will take you<br>For always, forever, together<br>Until hell calls our names<br><br>Who'll drink a toast with me<br>To the devil and the deep blue sea<br>Gold drives a man to dream