"Pirate Girl (Acoustic Demo)" lyrics - MARY TIMONY

Hear me this prayer
Will you be laughing to her grave
With a handful of bones
And a hibiscus bouquet?
When you saw him the last time
Was your head full of bells
Were you dancing softly
Was your mouth full of spells?

Tell 'em that you threw your oars overboard
Under the water
Tell em you won't work in the galley anymore
It's under the water

You came from a boat on the river
With skulls on its sails
Full of pirates with gold ears and glass eyes
You thought they would take you on the water
And may make you walk the plank
And they'd sell you for a mermaid's daughter

Tell 'em that you threw your oars overboard
Under the water
Tell 'em 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 ruby
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 live off the land there