Jonas Psalter Lyrics - The Serpent Is Rising - Styx

Written by dennis deyoung 

Lead vocals by james young 

When captain jonas psalter 

Sailed his ship to sea 

Anne bonny kept him company 

The skull and crossbones flew 

Above the ocean blue 

The captain's men where a pirate's crew 

The ships they sought to take 

Were of the spanish main 

A gift from ferdinand of spain 

And though you rob and kill to find your dream 

Your crimes are hardly what they seem 

Tortuga held the treasure of a thousand kings 

So jonas planned to steal everything 

Two hundred men stood guard 

Around the fortune's nest 

But psalter's steel slew all the rest 

And when the smoke had cleared 

And bloody bodies lay 

Everyone could hear the minstrel play 

Woo woo jonas psalter 

You've captured every prize 

There is to dream of in one life 

And so we wonder why 

We found you in your bed 

With that bullet in your head