Pirate Girl. Hear me this prayer, will you be laughing to her grave With a handful of bones and a hibiscus bouquet When you saw him last time was your head full of bells? Was your mouth full of spells? Tell them that you threw your oars overboard, under the water Tell them you won't work in the galley anymore, it's under the water He came from a boat on a river With skulls on its sails, full of pirates with gold ears and glass eyes You thought they would take on the water and make you walk the plank And sell you for a mermaid's daughter Tell them that you threw your oars overboard, under the water Tell them you won't work in the galley anymore, it's under the water When the land is clear and the air is dark She'll put jewels in her boots and wave to the shore, she won't be back She won't be back And your silver and your rubies she'll bury in the ground And they'll grow into roots and they'll grow into trees With her own power, with her own hands She will  Pirate Girl is one of Mary's solo demos and was perfomed live on a radio session for WMBR Cambridge, MA (1997-12-09).
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