One hundred days at sea, a wretch away from misery
Rummies and rats and tarry jacks, my only family
The island of salvation is still a scream away
As the lungs of night blow out the light
My heart kneels down to pray
Lord, why did you take her? She meant so much to me
Now, I�m a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at sea
I�m killing and I�m drinking my blue heart to black
But I swear, oh Lord, I�ll never sin again if you bring her back
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
Well, gypsy was a siren, dripping with desire
Her moonless hair, skin so fair, warm as frozen fire
She had the loyalty of a cat behind those pale green eyes
And through her cherry lips, the devil slipped a thousand lies
A clan of rogues and vagabonds occupied her head
That thieving band took her pale white hand, stole her from my bed
Like a ghost ship in the night, she drifted out once more
To land upon the sand of another lover�s shore
Lord, why did you take her? She meant so much to me
Now, I�m a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at sea
I�m killing and I�m drinking my blue heart to black
But I swear, oh Lord, I�ll never sin again if you bring her back
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
In my sleeping mind she sings a sad and lonely lullabye
And when I wake, there�s just the ache that will haunt me til I die
When those winds of vanity no longer blow her west
I pray they�ll guide her home and put my heart to rest
The press gang fill the man-o-war to make the black-mouthed cannon roar
Now, all my trade is ball and blade and blood forever more
And the sting of salt and spray, the ocean�s howl and squall
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
A stumbling wreck, I roam the deck at the devil�s beck and call
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
At the devil�s beck and call
(Ha, ha)
Lord, why did you take her? She meant so much to me
Now, I�m a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at sea
I�m killing and I�m drinking my blue heart to black
But I swear, oh Lord, I�ll never sin again if you bring her back
(Ha, ha, ha, ha)
I swear, oh Lord, I�ll never sin again if you bring her back