CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

VERSE 1 (Ear)

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an ear

It slips down your neck and onto the deck

and somebody says: "Wot's this 'ere?"

You can't wear your glasses, you can't 'pull' the lasses

Your mates have to shout so you'll hear

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an ear

 

CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 2 (Eye)

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an eye

It hurts like the blazes, it makes you make faces

You can't let your mates see you cry

You can cover the hatch with a trendy black patch

And make sure your socket stays dry

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an eye

 

CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 3 (hand)

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a hand

It squirts and it spurts and it bloody well hurts

Pain only a pirate could stand

The fashionable look is a nice metal hook

But then you can't play in the band

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a hand

 

CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 4 (Leg)

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a leg

It hurts like the dickens, your pace never quickens

You're hobbling around on a peg

Ask your girl to marry, but too long you've tarried

'Cos now you can't kneel down and beg

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a leg

 

CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 5 (Thing)

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a 'thing'

Though you didn't choose it, you don't want to lose it

And now when you use it it stings

You can sew it back on with a needle and thong

but doesn't quite have that same spring

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a 'thing'

 

CHORUS

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 6 (Head)

Being a pirate is all fun & games til somebody loses a head

There's no need to floss & your wife won't get cross

Over some little thing that you've said

You won't ever snore, need not duck under doors

And you won't need a pillow in bed

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a head

VERSE 6 (Head - Alt Version)

Being a pirate is all fun & games til somebody loses a head

It lands with a thud and is covered in blood

And your beard is all sticky and red

You can't comb your hair cause your head's over there

And anyways now you'd be dead

Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a head

 

CHORUS (x2 if last time)

But it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)

You can't be a pirate with all of your parts

 

VERSE 7 (Optional - don't end with chorus)

Being a pirate was all fun & games but now I'm a pirate no more

No more cuss'n & fight'n, or drinking & biting or sailing the high seas galore

It was fun at the start but now I've lost all me parts and I'm here lying on the sea floor

Being a pirate was all fun and games, but now I'm a pirate no more!