You big and tall man
You strong as a wall man
I did everything that you wanted me too
You are the great man
You never feel afraid man
we did everything that you wanted us to…
Even as a boy, the sun brought you no joy
Your heart was a man with meat slabs for hands and
with sandpaper cheeks and a parrot that squeaks
when he knows that the danger is near.
Then your vision grew tall, and as hard as a stone wall
With one wooden leg, that you carved from a keg
of the whiskey you’d drink, when you’d try not to think
but just watch the clouds roll through the air
You are the big bad man
Let me draw the green flag man
Let me climb climb climb up the tower for you.
Here take a seat now man
Soon the heat will be here man
Soon them Frenchies come to steal glory from you.
Cause the sun’s in the west
it’s the one you love best
the horizon is wide, you can feel it inside
of your chest like a prayer, blowing wild on the rail
cause it longs to be free to be free
when them Frenchies descend, like an ocean of men
They’ll expect you to care, you’ll set fire to your hair
it means nothing to you, just an old leather shoe
that you’d carelessly toss in the sea
You close your eyes now man
Let me hold your hand hand hand
Let me sit me down on the crate next to you
Soon comes the dawn man and soon
this world will all be gone man
soon we’ll fly fly fly to a world meant for two…
But we don’t feel afraid
Cause our hearts were already made
Die by the sword; aren’t we already kind of bored
Flags on the rail, blowing wild blowing crazy
they try to be free to be free.
Blackbeard, blackbeard, now the moment has neared
Feel the sun in the east, feel the ocean at peace
Spy the fin of a fish that will grant us one wish
It’s the wish that we held back for years.
This is the last day man
Let us go the gay way man
Let us fly fly fly to a world meant for two.