Poor Pirates

Poor Pirates - Jason Michael Snow/PIRATES

Written by：Sara Bareilles

Let me begin with a hearty ho ho

And a tale that nobody tells well

I've not come all the way from in C I N O

To be treated like sewage that smells

Now I'm certainly not that surprised

For this story is older than time

Me peg legged pirate bretheren and I

Are society's slug ridden slime

We've all been cast out as scallywag rogues

With fire in our beards and our eyes

There's a side to us pirates that nobody knows

And it's soft as a baby's backside

Some of us just want adventures

We only seek wind in our earrings

We are we constantly misunderstood

Don't ya know pirates have feelings

Poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates

Can't deny this simple truth

Poor pirates p-o-o-are

People too too

Nice harmonies mateys

Think of how hard we have had it so hard

'Bout our ships there is not much to eat not much to eat

And dentists hate pirate insurance yo ho no

Which is why we've so many gold teeth we've too many gold teeth

Laundry stays damp and me boots start to sink

And me fingernails filthy and dirty

The internet loads unbelievably slow

And we bedtimes are at seven thirty

Poor pirates p-o-o-r p-o-o-r

Poor pirates p-o-o-r p-o-o-r

Poor pirates

Can't deny this simple truth

We're poor pirates p-o-o-r p-o-o-r

Poor pirates p-o-o-r p-o-o-r

Poor pirates

Have it so much worser than you

We've got pirate parades to which nobody comes

Captain Kidd hosts a marathon but nobody runs

Long john silver invented the bloomin' onion

But d'you think he gets credit for that

No

Captain bombum no one knows his first name

And old greenbeard's been driven completely insane

Hardly anyone celebrates our one holiday argggh

Talk like a pirate day

We are poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates

Can't deny this simple truth

Can't deny that we're poor pirates are people too

Poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates p-o-o-r

Poor pirates

Can't deny this simple truth

That pirates p-o-o-are

People too

Yo ho ha