He'll sail on with the summer wind that blows on this cane bay
Everybody calls him Pirate, dark and handsome in his own way
And the fire in his eyes lit all the fire inside of me
And soon you were feeling so much more than the wind and waves and sea

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul
I only want the right to love you
I know the sea won't let you go
Pirate, my love will only chain you down
So just know how much I love you
And then turn that ship around

Every time that he'd sail back to me we'd fall in love again
And my face would fill with wonder at all the places that he'd been
But I knew his sweetest love song was when he heard the trade winds blow
And I loved him way too much to tell the secret he should know
I told him

Pirate, I'm not gonna take your soul
I only want the right to love you
I know the sea won't let you go
Pirate, my love will only chain you down
So just know how much I love you
And then turn that ship around

Now as I watch in silence, another young man goes to sea
And his silhouette is stirring up a painful memory
And I know his heart is set to sail, but mine is set to cry
'Cause I feel as the way I did the day Daddy said goodbye
I told him

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul
I only want the right to love you
I know the sea won't let you go
Pirate, my love will only chain you down
So just know how much I love you
And then turn that ship around

Pirate I'm not gonna take your soul
I only want the right to love you
I know the sea won't let you go
Pirate, my love will only chain you down
So just know how much I love you
And then turn that ship around
Pirate I'm not gonna-