Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate’s life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!
We kidnap and ravage and don’t give a hoot.
Drink up me 'earties, Yo Ho!
Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate’s life for me.
Countless years ago, while lost in barren sea,
There whispered murmurs of a bloody mutiny
We took up arms and slayed the officers of rank
And with swords drawn near, the captain walked the plank
But as he fell down to the depths, he swore a deadly curse:
“As sure as Hell’s my final fate, you’ll all soon die, or worse!”
Now as we stand before the gallows waiting for the end,
I’ll say these final words, my friend
Val-deri,Val-dera!
Val-deri, Aal-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Val-deri,Val-dera!
My knapsack on my back.
Yes, I feel like traveling on,
I feel like traveling on;
My heav’nly home is bright and fair,
I feel like traveling on.
I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
Crossed the desert’s bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.
I was on the inside
When they pulled the four walls down
I was looking through the window
I was lost, I am found
If you walk away, walk away
I walk away, walk away, I will follow
Just walk away, Renee
You won’t see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You’re not to blame
From deep inside the tears that I’m forced to cry
From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide
Inside himself,
He runs to look in the mirror
And the face that stares right back
Has never been any clearer
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He’s not the one to blame
It was a different man, no he’s never been here
You can be so close, you can be so near
It was a different man, playing different cards
You can be so soft, you can be so hard
The joker laughs from the street
Weaves his web, bittersweet
Ace is high, deuce is low
Take the first, the rest should go
And it’s all in the draw of the cards
And it’s all in the draw of the cards
Backstage the girls were playin’ five-card stud by the stairs
Lily had two queens and she was hopin’ for a third to match her pair
Outside the streets were fillin’ up and the window was open wide
The gentle breeze was blowin’, you could feel it from inside
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts
And who do you think you are?
Runnin’ 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
I’ll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
I’m scattered in the breeze
Living on memories
Everywhere I look
As far as I can see
Broken promises, broken promises
Pieces of me, pieces of me
Like a seed that is sown
All the children are scattered
By a breeze that is blown
Now the crops are all scattered
We are torn, we are shattered
Now some of us are barmy and battered
And the fields where we gathered
Are overgrown in weeds and in tatters
Through it all we were scattered
It’s a long way home from the Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, but I’m never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away
All my life seems so far away
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
(Buddy Holly’s 57th death anniversary today)
Let me sing a funny song
With crazy words that roll along
And if my song can start you laughing
I’m happy, happy
If you’re listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they’re not
We just wrote them like that
Twas summer in the winter
And the rain was snowing fast
While a barefoot boy with shoes on
Stood sitting in the grass