Wholl make his mark? the captain cried To the devil drink a toast Well glut the hold with cups of gold And well feed the sea with ghosts I see your hunger for a fortune Could be better served beneath my flag If youve the stomach for a broadside Come aboard my pretty boys I will take you and make you Everything youve ever dreamed Make fast the guns tonight we sail When the high tide floods the bay Cut free the lines and square the yards Get the black flag stowed away The Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard Will soon have pennies on their eyes And any other laden fancy We will take her by surprise I will take you and make you Everything youve ever dreamed. Six days off the Cuban coast when a sail ahead they spied A galleon of the treasure fleet, the mizzen lookout cried Closer to the wind my boys, the madeyed captain roared For every man thats alive tonight will be hauling gold aboard. Spare us, the galleon begged, but mercys face had fled Blood ran from the screaming souls the cutlass harvested Driven to the quarter deck the last survivor fell Shes ours my boys, the captain grinned and no one left to tell. The captain rose from a silk divan With a pistol in his fist And shot the lock from an iron box And a bloodred ruby kissed I give you jewellery of turquoise A crucifix of solid gold One hundred thousand silver pieces It is just as I foretold You... You see there before you Everything youve ever dreamed. Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay Goldeyed round fires the sea thieves lay Morning... white shells and a pipe of clay As the wind filled their footsteps They were far far away Our sails swell full As we brave all seas On a westward wind To live as we please With the wicked wildeyed women of Portobello town Where weve been told that a purse of gold Buys many man a crown They will serve you and clothe you Exchange your rags for the velvet coats of kings. Wholl drink a toast with me? I give you liberty This town is ours... tonight. Landlord, wine make it the finest Make it a cup for a seadogs thirst Two long years of bones and beaches Fever and leeches did their worst So fill the night with paradise Bring me peach and peacock till I burst But first, I want a soft touch in the right place I want to feel like a king tonight Ten on the black to beat the Frenchman Back you dogs give em room to turn Now open wide sweet Heavens gates Tonight were gonna see if Heaven burns Ooh, see how she burns... Oh she burns I want an angel on a gold chain And Ill ride her to the stars Its the last time for a long long time Come the daybreak, we embark... On the flood of the morning tide Once more the ocean cried This company will return one day Though we feel your tears its the price we pay For theres prizes to be taken and glory to be found Cut free the chains make fast your souls We are El Dorado bound... I will take you for always forever together Until hell calls our names... Wholl drink a toast with me To the devil and the deep blue sea? Gold drives a man... to dream!
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