(a pirate's life is the life for me!)

[verse]
ahoy, matey! it's time for me to rock the boat
shiver me timbers! I'M THE CAPTAIN NOW!
you can either walk the plank or stay afloat
but i'm runnin' this ship from STERN TO BOW!

now it's time for you to swab the poop deck
be a good seaman and do what you're told
i can make a crew out of a shipwreck
and i know where to find all of the gold

don't need a black beard to be nautically feared
i'm A-I- magician, the queen of the seas
even if the flying dutchman appeared
i'd have him begging for mercy on his knees

[chorus]
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
don't mess with me, i'm not the one
talk to the cannon - say bye bye
i'mma leave you sinking with my main sail high
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
99 problems but you won't be one
arrr!

[chorus]
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
don't mess with me, i'm not the one
talk to the cannon - say bye bye
i'mma leave you sinking with my main sail high
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
99 problems but you won't be one

[verse]
i got a bird's eye view from the crows nest
that's why i always know what's best (that's right!)
i got a parrot on my shoulder
he's quite the talker
if he says you been saying things
i'mma send you to davy jones' locker
if you see my flag, you better know what's crackin'
if you cross these skulls and bones i'mma release the kraken

[chorus]
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
don't mess with me, i'm not the one
talk to the cannon - say bye bye
i'mma leave you sinking with my main sail high
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
99 problems but you won't be one

[verse]
you know i always got my eye on you
i thought we patched things up but you're actin' brand new
i know you're only here 'cuz you want my treasure
i know you ain't stickin' through the stormy weather

pretend all you want but i don't trust you
nothing you say stands up to scrutiny
friendly to my face but behind my back
it's like you're tryna stage a mutiny

[bridge]
mutiny!
mutiny!
mutiny!
mutiny!

[chorus]
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
don't mess with me, i'm not the one
talk to the cannon - say bye bye
i'mma leave you sinking with my main sail high
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
99 problems but you won't be one

[end]