(Verse 1 – Solo) Oh the sun set red on a dying sea, And the wind it moaned like a ghost set free, No cannon's roar, no siren's call, Just the creak of time as the empires fall. **(Chorus – All)** *Heave ho, the tide runs slow,* *The gold is gone where the dead men go.* *Raise no flag, nor powder chest,* *We sail tonight to the graveyard west!* --- **(Verse 2 – Solo)** Black Bart’s bones lie reefed in chain, Calico’s teeth in a Spanish lane, The jolly roger’s tattered thread, Whispers tales the court declared dead. **(Verse 3 – Duet)** A letter o’ marque, now ash in flame, They outlawed the craft, but not the name. The sea remembers, aye, she weeps, For every rogue she failed to keep. **(Chorus – All)** *Heave ho, the tide runs slow,* *The gold is gone where the dead men go.* *Raise no flag, nor powder chest,* *We sail tonight to the graveyard west!* --- **(Bridge – Spoken/Over Harmonica)** "No more to plunder, no more to fight," Said old Mad Jack by lantern light. "The navy hunts and the world has changed— But you can’t chain storms, nor seas unclaimed." --- **(Verse 4 – Solo)** Now merchant men and redcoat lines Crowd the ports where the rum still shines. But under moon and reef and wreck, The songs remain on a drowned ship's deck. **(Verse 5 – Duet/Call & Response)** *(Call)* What’s left for a pirate when kings have won? *(Response)* A tale in the tide and a kiss from the sun. *(Call)* What’s left of a life lived free and bold? *(Response)* Just barnacled dreams and a cutlass cold. **(Final Chorus – All, Slower & Powerful)** *Heave ho, let the legends rest,* *The sea holds tight to her wayward guests.* *No more chase, nor treasure chest,* *We sail tonight to the graveyard west!* --- **(Outro – Fading Voices with the Wind)** *We sail… tonight… to the graveyard west…* *Where the stars don't shine, and the captains rest…*
