I’m a city boat

Metropolitan frivolity’s my guarantee

I get a lotta folks

Steppin aboard to have a drink on me

And I don’t know why

But I sure do cry

Thinkin bout that gal who used to hang out on me

Now she’s gettin into trouble on the seven seas

Ching Shih

You traded city livin for piracy

Ya think she

Ever thinks about a crummy little junk like me

And sure I’m jealous of her pirate ship

But I don’t blame her none for wantin to dip

She’s gotta be who she’s gotta be

I miss the good ol’ days

Rockin in the harbor til the mornin comes

But now you’re makin waves

Heard you really fuckin stuck it to that government scum

And I hope you know

That I miss you so

But I wouldn’t want ya hangin up your buccaneer suit

When there’s swashes needin bucklin and there’s booty to loot

Ching Shih

I heard some people callin you the pirate queen

It sinks me

To know you’re out there on some other boat livin your dream

But I’m happy for your sizable crew

Even if it kinda gives me the blues

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do

You’re out plundering

And I’m left wondering

Would a blubberin landlubber like me

Ever stand a chance out on the open sea

I’m drowning in the ocean

Of my own emotions

May the parting tide carry the tears I cry

To her ship as it slips neath the indigo sky

Ching Shih

It took me a while but now I see

You’re free

As the gulls that skate across the ocean breeze

Maybe one day you’ll think of settling down

On a cozy boat that’s closer to town

Until then I guess I’ll see you around