Listen up, all of you pirates
You buccaneers and such
Take a sad warning from my sad song
And don't push your luck too much
I used to run all around town
Makin' and breakin' love
But all my runnin' didn’t seem so cunnin'
When push came down to shove
'Cause when I came upon you, baby
I didn't know what it was all about
'Cause when I ran and then I ran from true love
And then I ran until my heart gave out
Thinkin’ about those hot nights
When the neighbors began to talk
I thought love was easy to get
Until I took a walk
Now I'm here in a cold place
Sittin' so all alone
I didn't know I could be so bad
Until I quit my happy home
'Cause when I came upon you, baby
I didn't know what it was all about
'Cause when I ran and then I ran from true love
And then I ran until my heart gave out
Didn't it always seem that
You can't keep a, a good man down?
But when I came of age
Livin' it up was all the rage
But when I came upon you, baby
I didn't know what it was all about
'Cause when I ran and then I ran from true love
And then I ran until my heart gave out
'Cause when I came upon you, baby
I didn't know what it was all about
'Cause when I ran and then I ran from true love
And then I ran until my heart gave out
Yes, I ran until my heart gave out
Yes, I ran, and I ran, and I ran, and I ran
And I run, run, run away
Run, run, run away
Run away, run away, run away, run away, run away, run away
Pirates was written by Nick Thorkelson.
Pirates was produced by James Lee Stanley & Peter Tork.
Peter Tork released Pirates on Sat May 14 1994.