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A Pirate's Life

from Somebody's Hometown by Human Shields

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A PIRATE'S LIFE

I grew up in a village by the sea,
herding and milking the goats my family lived on.
It was a life to barely live, a place to escape from—
oh yes, my friend, a pirate's life for me.

When you were a kid, you skipped stones in the sea.
You took to the waves to laugh and shout and play.
The sea I lived by did nothing every day—
oh yes, my friend, a pirate's life for me.

In tiny boats, we headed out to sea
to find and seize the biggest ships we could.
It might have been dangerous, but the money sure was good—
oh yes, my friend, a pirate's life for me.

Our hostage suddenly dove into the sea.
The snipers scoped us and shot us in our boats.
But such a life, or one spent herding goats?—
oh yes, my friend, a pirate's death for me.

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from Somebody's Hometown, released June 9, 2015
Words and music by Andrew Shields

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