Take It Back
\n<\/i><\/b>by Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n
Open season on the open seas and
\nCaptain says, ‘No prisoners please!’
\nSkull and crossbones on a background of black,
\nWe ain’t stealing we’re just takin’ back!<\/p>\n
We ain’t stealin’, we’re just takin’ back,
\nVery simple plan of attack.
\nIt’s our job and a labour of love
\nTake it home to the up above.<\/p>\n
We ain’t stealin’, we’re just takin’ back,
\nVery simple statement of fact.
\nCall it pillage or call it plunder
\nWe’re takin’ it back from the boys down under!<\/p>\n
Hit us hard, took our treasure,
\nthat was the worst thing they could do
\nIt will be our great pleasure
\nTo take it back from that Captain Kangaroo!<\/p>\n
Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of suds
\nIt’s the pirates’ life we choose!
\nNo we don’t want a bucket of blood
\nJust a cup is all we could use.
\nJust a cup.<\/p>\n
The sails are up and the bets are down,
\nLet’s brighten up this harbour town!
\nBy hook or crook or a new design
\nWe’re streakin’ for that finish line.<\/p>\n
We ain’t stealin’, we’re just takin’ back,
\nVery simple plan of attack.
\nIt’s our job and a labour of love
\nTake it home to the up above.<\/p>\n
We ain’t stealin’, we’re just takin’ back,
\nVery simple statement of fact.
\nCall it pillage or call it plunder
\nWe’re takin’ it back from the boys down under!<\/p>\n
We ask ourselves when we get in a fix,
\n‘What would Popeye do in a tight spot like this?’
\nHe’d race for his true love and easily win it
\nIn an old spinach can with a mast stuck in it!<\/p>\n
Lift us up, take us high!
\nTime to let our spirits fly.
\nLift us up, take us high!
\nLet us sail until we die.<\/p>\n
Lift us up, take us high!
\nLet us flow above the morn.
\nLet our sails fill the skies
\nWe are takin’ our sweet treasure home<\/p>\n
Take it back.
\nWe’re takin’ it back.
\nTake it back.<\/p>\n
This is one of those songs that I often can’t get out of my head. It’s really just a great song. I’m amused by the moderation exhibited in the poem (“We don’t want a bucket of blood \/ Just a cup is all we could use”), and how it’s not stealing if you had it in the first place. Of course, there’s no mention of whether the treasure was stolen in the first place!<\/p>\n
I’m also a big fan of the stanza about what Popeye would do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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