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One hundred days at sea, a wretch away from miseryRummies and rats and tarry jacks, my only familyThe island of salvation is still a scream awayAs the lungs of night blow out the lightMy heart kneels down to prayLord, why did you take her? She meant so much to meNow, I'm a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at seaI'm killing and I'm drinking my blue heart to blackBut 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 desireHer moonless hair, skin so fair, warm as frozen fireShe had the loyalty of a cat behind those pale green eyesAnd through her cherry lips, the devil slipped a thousand liesA clan of rogues and vagabonds occupied her headThat thieving band took her pale white hand, stole her from my bedLike a ghost ship in the night, she drifted out once moreTo land upon the sand of another lover's shoreLord, why did you take her? She meant so much to meNow, I'm a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at seaI'm killing and I'm drinking my blue heart to blackBut I swear, oh Lord, I'll never sin again if you bring her backSongtexte(Ha, ha, ha, ha)In my sleeping mind she sings a sad and lonely lullabyeAnd when I wake, there's just the ache that will haunt me til I dieWhen those winds of vanity no longer blow her westI pray they'll guide her home and put my heart to restThe press gang fill the man-o-war to make the black-mouthed cannon roarNow, all my trade is ball and blade and blood forever moreAnd 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 meNow, I'm a wretched soul, I'm a privateer, drowning out at seaI'm killing and I'm drinking my blue heart to blackBut 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 Aus Songtexte Mania