Charles Gibbs Lyrics - Singles - Chris Foster

Charles Gibbs 

Words and Music Chris Foster 

Copyright May 3rd 2003 

Terror on the high seas wrought by Charles Gibbs 

Brandishing his sword in pirate fame 

For wealth that surfed the currents between the old world and the new 

Countless were the victims that he claimed 

A modus operandi of debauchery and greed 

No prisoners were the words of his command 

A cruel and vicious person with a gross incessant need 

To claim the life of every single hand 

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They would hoist their mighty sails under the black flag 

Catch a trade wind to their date with infamy 

On a mission to destroy every time that they deployed 

They lived a vile evil life of treachery 

He sailed the Florida Straits searching for his prey 

Stealing all the treasures from their fold 

This madman on a mission would abscond with what he claimed 

Pavilion key was where he stored his gold. 

His ship would pull along side and tie their ropes to fore and aft 

They'd swing aboard with lust and greedy hearts 

They'd rape and murder woman and torture all the men 

Then throw their bloody carcass to the sharks. 

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Sax solo 

To romanticize a pirate is to make a mockery of life 

The Dark ages from our past in maritime 

But good traverses evil, so let the record show 

Charles Gibbs was hung at the age 29 

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