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Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me
I had everything a man could need
Gold in my pocket, a girl in every port
The fiddle would dance, we’d walk along the shore

Early to rise and I’d leave at daybreak
For a pirate can never stay with one maid
When the sand turns purple with the morning tide
I’d hear the seagulls’ song and ocean’s cry

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me
I’d watch the sunrise over the sea
Hoist the black flag as I’m slitting throats
Take whatever I want for my own

But me hearties have now all taken wives
And the dancing girls turned in for the night
No new horizons to sail toward
And they check your papers at every port

Yo ho, yo ho, a quiet life for me
I see the sunset through the trees
Now there is no patch or hat upon my brow
The fiddle gathers dust, my hands work the plow

I feel the ocean’s breeze and I remember
Swashbuckling days of high adventure
But when I go to bed at night I cannot sleep
I think there’s still some pirate left in me

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from No Paths Are Straight and My Sword Is Useless, released August 28, 2022

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Jim Arkus Trenton, New Jersey

All the power, exhaustion, evil, and even black magic of the blues, played on the five string banjo, guitar, and the mountain dulcimer.

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