Joni Mitchell - The pirate of penance
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PENANCE CRANE:
BbmThe pirate anchored on a WCmednesday
BbmAnd why he came to port I Dwonder
To see a lady so my fBbmriends say
She dDm7ances for the sailors
In a smoky cabaret bar uAbmnderground
Down in a cellar in a harbBbour town
BbmI know he told her love was tCmreasure
BbmAnd they would reap the fullestD bounty
He only comes to port for Bbmpleasure
SDm7o when the winds of morning
Blew the curtains in she woke and found hAbme'd gone
I saw his sails unfurling ThurBbsday dawn
TBbmhe pirate he will sink you with a kiss
He'll steal your heart and sail away
THE DANCER:
Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest
PENANCE:
HGbe'll leave you drowning in the flotsam Of a broken promise in the bay
THE DANCER:
(Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus)
PENANCE:
GbmHe came again to see her
Yes I think they told me it was Saturday
THE DANCER:
(Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us)
PENANCE:
I was at Bbsea then
I didn't see them
BbmI don't believe what you are Cmsaying
BbmIt isn't true I hardly knDew him
Is this some game that you are pBbmlaying
GDm7o ask the dancer she's the one who saw him last
The one who drew himAbm here
He hasn't come to me since spBbring last year
BbmThere was a time when he would
Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace
THE DANCER:
(Then came another "goodbye" and another "Please don't go")
PENANCE:
AGbnd he would hold me close
And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace
THE DANCER:
(All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow)
PENANCE:
IGbm was at sea I tell you I was
Nowhere near the mentioned murder place
THE DANCER:
(Searching for sails that don't come
And I guess but I don't know)
PENANCE:
Go ask the dBbancer
She knows the answer
THE DANCER:
I don't know
PENANCE:
She knows the aDnswer
THE DANCER:
I don't know
PENANCE:
She knows the answer
THE DANCER:
I don't know