Pirates At The Helm

The pirates are coming The pirates are coming The pirates are coming You better watch out I cast my vote for the dog and the goat Played footsie with fire / Held the Devil's coat And ran the skull and bones up the flagpole I partied with pigs in the poison mud Washed my dirty linen in mothers' blood And made a killing from the ever-rising death toll The Black Ship sails at the turn of the tide Goodness and Mercy are chained up inside Auction block's awaiting 'cross the water Buzzards wheel above the stinking smoke Bodies in the ditch beginning to bloat And the captain laughs at the thought of all the slaughter The pirates are coming The pirates are coming The pirates are coming Run for your life I cast my vote for the dog and the goat Played footsie with fire / Wore the Devil's coat And ran the skull and bones up the flagpole I partied with pigs in the poison mud Washed my dirty linen in mothers' blood And made a killing from the ever-rising death toll The store's been given to the rotten fishmonger The goods we've been sold ain't good no longer The Bill of Wrongs is large and gettin' larger I'll show you yer chains if you show me mine There's no place to hide when ev'ryone's lyin' And the watchman sings "The Song of Jolly Roger" The pirates are coming The pirates are coming The pirates are coming The pirates are here -- Josh Wachtel and Alexei Panshin