The Pirate Of Penance Lyrics - Song To A Seagull - Joni Mitchell

PENANCE CRANE: 

The pirate anchored on a Wednesday 

And why he came to port I wonder 

To see a lady so my friends say 

She dances for the sailors 

In a smoky cabaret bar underground 

Down in a cellar in a harbor town 

I know he told her love was treasure 

And they would reap the fullest bounty 

He only comes to port for pleasure 

So when the winds of morning 

Blew the curtains in she woke and found he'd gone 

I saw his sails unfurling Thursday dawn 

The pirate he will sink you with a kiss 

He'll steal your heart and sail away 

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THE DANCER: 

Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest 

PENANCE: 

He'll leave you drowning in the flotsam Of a broken promise in the bay 

THE DANCER: 

(Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus) 

PENANCE: 

He came again to see her 

Yes I think they told me it was Saturday 

THE DANCER: 

(Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us) 

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PENANCE: 

I was at sea then 

I didn't see them 

I don't believe what you are saying 

It isn't true I hardly knew him 

Is this some game that you are playing 

Go ask the dancer she's the one who saw him last 

The one who drew him here 

He hasn't come to me since spring last year 

There was a time when he would 

Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace 

THE DANCER: 

(Then came another "goodbye" and another "Please don't go") 

PENANCE: 

And he would hold me close 

And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace 

THE DANCER: 

(All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow) 

PENANCE: 

I was at sea I tell you I was 

Nowhere near the mentioned murder place 

THE DANCER: 

(Searching for sails that don't come 

And I guess but I don't know) 

PENANCE: 

Go ask the dancer 

She knows the answer 

THE DANCER: 

I don't know 

PENANCE: 

She knows the answer 

THE DANCER: 

I don't know 

PENANCE: 

She knows the answer 

THE DANCER: 

I don't know