[ti:Pirate Song] [ar:Alestorm] [al:Black Sails At Midnight] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pirate Song - Alestorm [00:12.00]Written by:Christopher Bowes [00:24.00]Though you see me now the mere ghost of a man [00:26.58]I once had the heart of a lion [00:29.17]Commanding my ship between many a shore [00:31.89]The ol' jolly roger a flyin' [00:34.77]Mine was a name that put fear into men [00:37.23]And regret into plenty o' lasses [00:40.03]Lo how I wish I could take back those days [00:42.63]As I stare at these empty beer glasses [00:45.15]I think of the times past when I had it all [00:47.89]I toyed with men's wives and their daughters [00:50.54]And in my pursuit of this ill gotten wealth [00:53.27]I stabbed and I slashed and I slaughtered [00:55.59]And for what [00:56.81]Hey [00:57.32]The men that I've fought [00:58.57]Are matched by the number of women I've bought [01:01.12]And for what [01:01.95]Hey [01:02.60]I've killed and I've shot [01:03.84]And reddened the cold tears of children with blood [01:06.63]And if I could go back and make my amends [01:09.24]I'd make all those mistakes again [01:11.73]And kill every last one of those bastards my friend [01:35.94]My ship was the last sight that many would see [01:38.56]As we narrowed the gap with our quarry [01:41.18]Sound of the cannons and splintering wood [01:43.96]Did herald our pass into glory [01:46.61]We seized all the bounty and scuppered the ship [01:49.29]Our hearts hadn't time for no wounded [01:52.10]I took my share and the crew got the rest [01:54.67]And on into port we did bound it [01:57.33]Life has many pleasures and we had our fill [02:00.01]Of food and of wenches and beer [02:02.42]When we tired of the port or had drunken it dry [02:05.26]The time to set sail had come near [02:07.65]And for what hey [02:09.27]We heed no law [02:10.60]The other man suffers so we can have more [02:13.09]And for what hey [02:14.50]We lived every day [02:15.90]The noose of the hangman a hairsbreadth away [02:18.50]And if I could go back and make my amends [02:21.22]I'd make all those mistakes again [02:23.77]And kill every last one of those bastards my friend [03:09.29]Oh I have seen wonders you never have dreamed [03:12.07]And taken my fair share I must say [03:14.73]Holds full of booty I happily seized [03:17.28]From crews who would not see a new day [03:19.68]Spanish gold came and went and gemstones were sold [03:22.58]And I knew more lay on the horizon [03:25.06]Yet the beer was too good and gals were too sweet [03:27.96]And now in my old age it's gone [03:30.57]These memories were bought with the lives of good men [03:33.30]A price that I paid without scruple [03:35.86]So many so suffered so I could get drunk [03:38.58]And swagger from brothel to brothel [03:41.03]Now for what hey [03:42.54]It's been many years [03:43.97]The screams of the vanquished still ring in my ears [03:46.45]But for what hey [03:47.81]I've blood on my hands [03:49.31]I wait for my place in the halls of the damned [03:52.04]And if I could go back and make my amends [03:54.54]I'd make all those mistakes again [03:57.07]I'd kill every last one of those bastards [03:59.49]My friends