Tales from Sea: Plunderbound

Ropes are wet, the tide is right Canvas snaps in morning light Harbor fades behind the stern Gold ahead — no safe return Steel is sharp, the powder dry Enemy flags on the open sky We don’t pray, we don’t kneel down We live by blade, we take the crown Hands to rope and eyes around Hear the drum — we’re outward bound HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND Board her fast and pull her down HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND Grappling hooks and splintered rails Smoke and screams inside the sails Boots on deck and blood on wood Take it all — like pirates should Captain’s call cuts through the sound “No mercy here, no turning round” Cargo gold and silver shine What we take is yours and mine Blades held high, no sacred ground By the wind — we’re plunderbound HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND Chain the crew and burn her down HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND No law sails where we have been Only sea and mortal sin Count the coins, count the dead Rum for tears we never shed HEY — HO! HAUL — AWAY! HEY — HO! TAKE — THE PAY! HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND Live by steel or let us drown HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND Black flag high, no solid ground HEY HO — PLUNDERBOUND