My Beloved Pirate

Dancing with a pirate
Under a silver moon
And still, no one has told me
Why he had to leave so soon
I thought he was mine to keep
To dance with forever
My love ran that deep
Dancing with a pirate
Under a silver moon
A love that never got past
The first dance
This pirate broke my heart
When he left me
To dance all alone
My soul torn to pieces
All I've got left is the memory
Of my pirate's deep brown eyes
He was supposed to watch over me
I wouldn't have had to worry about
Being cut down to size by him
My beloved pirate
They only one I ever danced with
Under a silver moon
The way he looked at me that night
I felt a flame of doom
Ignite in my belly
My pirate has been gone
For some time now
Lately I can't seem
To get him off of my mind
There have been other pirates
That have come and gone
I could never dance
With one for too long
There is only one
Who holds the map
Where X marks that spot
The place in my heart
Where I needed him most
Even though he said
I could not keep his
Ship from sinking
I was not capable of keeping
The water from rising
Above his head

The music still plays on
I've been sitting out the dance
For way too long
Why did my beloved pirate leave me?
Was he just a figment of my imagination
Or was it really just never meant to be?
My heart aches
It's been so long
My soul misses his embrace
To dance with my pirate
Under a silver moon
Only he can lift this blackest gloom
Blacker than the hair on his head
Darker than those soulful eyes
That has descended on my heart
And made me realize
I should have unfolded myself
From the start
Only if he hadn't left
Me to dance alone
Throughtout this life
He could have protected me
And spared me all this strife
Warned me of those
That would come and go

Dancing with a pirate
Under a silver moon
Mine goes by three names
He's still sailing out there
And I pray he's stayed the same