The Dead Man's Share

Verse 1

Salt spray

Burning through the black of the night

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Gold coins

Buried in the mud and the sand

Drink up

Drink up

Drink up

Chorus

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho

Yo ho ho

And a bottle of rum

Post-Chorus

Rum

Rum

Give me that rum

Ho ho ho

Verse 2

Rope burns

Rope burns on my blistered palms

One man survived the wreck

One man

Only one

Left to tell the tale of the tide

Cannon fire

Cannon fire splitting the hull

Silver

Silver stolen from the crown

Bloody hands

Bloody hands and a broken heart

Chorus

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho

Yo ho ho

And a bottle of rum

Post-Chorus

Rum

Rum

Give me that rum

Ho ho ho

Bridge

We sail north

We sail south

We sail straight into the mouth of hell

No mercy for the weak

No mercy for the bold

No mercy for the secrets we keep

Fifteen ghosts

Standing on the deck in the rain

Chorus

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

Yo ho ho

Yo ho ho

And a bottle of rum

Post-Chorus

Rum

Rum

Give me that rum

Ho ho ho

Outro

Fifteen men

Just fifteen

Sinking down

Into the deep

Bottle of rum

Bottle of rum

Gone