Pirates of Swing

All pirates learn to dance, so I have been told

Some come to it young, others when they’re old

When they do, the boards beneath, they don’t hardly make sound

A tarantella furious, feet don’t touch the ground

 

And as I stop to watch them, floating in the breeze

I could almost swear I hear their mouths moving,

Reproving

As they sing

 

[chorus]

We are the pirates of swing

And we turn to you

So sorry to say one day you’ll be one of us too

You can always look away but never be in doubt

This is what the world will see

When the lights are out

 

We’re all floating, down the river themes

On the back of thirty dead men

The sultans of swing, sing a sad lament

While sea boys voices, plaintively sing

 

[chorus]

We are the pirates of swing

And we turn to you

So sorry to say one day you’ll be one of us too

You can always look away but never be in doubt

This is what the world will see

When the lights are out

So, swing with me

Out of love

Swing with me

Into the sky above, oooh

Swing with me

Into the unknown

Swing with me

To the arms of Davy Jones, oooh

 

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