Pirates & Poets - Bertie Higgins

I was born beside a big blue bay

Grew up on the Gulf of Mexico

Dreamed of the islands with Papa Hemingway

And ol' Errol Flynn was my hero

All I ever wanted was to find you, girl

Make love upon the seven seas

But if we never made it around the world

Key West would be all right with me

Pirates and poets and me you see

Are one of a kind

Searching for a treasure like you

And finding the perfect rhyme

Pirates and poets and me believe

In love only when it’s true

And the buccaneer and Shakespeare inside of me

Believe that we’re in love with you

Pirates have their silver swords

They can steal your heart away

Poets have their golden words

They can win you with what they say

Never knew I had any hero in me

Never found much worth fighting for

Never knew the beauty of poetry

But I’d never loved you before

Pirates and poets and me you see

Are one of a kind

Searching for a treasure like you

And finding the perfect rhyme

Pirates and poets and me believe

In love only when it’s true

And the buccaneer and Shakespeare inside of me

Believe that we’re in love with you

Pirates and poets and me you see

Are one of a kind

Searching for a treasure like you

And finding the perfect rhyme

Pirates and poets and me believe

In love only when it’s true

And the buccaneer and Shakespeare inside of me

Believe that we’re in love with you