Pirates Lyrics - Works, Vol. 1 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Who'll make his mark 

The captain cried 

To the devil drink a toast 

We'll glut the hold 

With cups of gold 

And we'll feed the sea with ghosts 

I see your hunger for a fortune 

Could be better 

Served beneath my flag 

If you've the stomach 

For a broadside 

Come aboard my pretty boys 

I will take you and make you 

Everything you've 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, and 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 you've 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 mad eyed captain roared 

For every man that's alive tonight 

Will be hauling gold aboard 

"Spare us!", the galleon begged 

But mercy's face had fled 

Blood ran from the screaming souls 

The cutlass harvested 

Driven to the quarter deck 

The last survivor fell 

She's 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 blood red ruby kissed 

I give you jewelry 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 you've ever dreamed 

Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay 

Gold eyed 'round fires 

The sea thieves lay 

Morning, white shells 

And a pipe of clay 

As the wind filled their footprints 

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, wild-eyed woman 

Of portobello town 

Where we've been told 

That a purse of gold 

Buys any man a crown 

They will serve you and cloth you 

Exchange your rags 

For the velvet coats of kings 

Who'll drink a toast with me 

I give you liberty 

This town is ours - tonight 

Landlord, wine! 

And make it the finest 

Make it a cup for a sea dogs 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 them room to turn 

Now open wide sweet Heaven's gate 

Tonight were gonna 

See if heaven burns 

I want an angel on a gold chain 

And I'll ride her to the stars 

It's 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 

It's the price we pay 

For there's prizes to be taken 

And glory to be found 

Cut free the chains 

Make fast your souls 

We are Eldorado bound 

I will take you 

For always, forever, together 

Until hell calls our names 

Who'll drink a toast with me 

To the devil and the deep blue sea 

Gold drives a man to dream