Haunted Lighthouse

Not long ago we prowled the seas With a restless cutlass To tell the tale, on every ship We left one witness Our legend grew, everyone knew We were hale and heartless Is pirate's pride the reason why The gods have cursed us The day was fair, we were drunk on kir It was just past breakfast Casting darts to plan our course When we hit the tempest The wind was wild, St. Elmo's fire Lit up the crow's nest The mainmast cracked, the rigging snapped The storm shipwrecked us Waltz with me around the rail Lit up by the spotlight of a haunted lighthouse Hear the voices on the gale Wailing out a warning from a haunted lighthouse We thrashed ashore, all was dark and cold But a glowing fortress We stepped inside, before our eyes We beheld our portraits A fire blazed and a feast was laid On the table for us Why fight our fate? We drank and ate And ignored the portents Waltz with me around the rail Watching the horizon from a haunted lighthouse Hear the voices on the gale Whirling all around us in a haunted lighthouse I am trapped on this island For weeks or years we have lingered here Our command abandoned Castaways are we here to stay We are strange and stranded But every night when the tide is high And we turn the lamp on Our shadows play on the moon's bright face Like a magic lantern Waltz with me around the rail Spinning here forever and forever and forever and Hear our voices on the gale Floating like the ghosts that haunt this haunted lighthouse I am trapped on this island