Let me put it this way: if you read the history of old-time pirates, they were really nasty. So why do we make romantic heroes of them? Why do places like Dan Diego's Star of India host kiddie Pirate Parties? How can Disney cash in on pirates? 

There came a point when I was looking over the songs I'd released and those penned and awaiting recording, that I had not attempted a pirate song of my own. It seemed time to make an attempt.

So I did my homework!

In approaching it, I went to Project Gutenberg and read through a number of histories and true-life accounts of famous and lesser-known old-time pirates that people have since romanticized. But according to history, these people were NOT nice people at all! They were monster egos driven by greed, with total disregard for anyone but themselves and perhaps a few "friends", insofar as those served their interests.

In short, I understood that nothing has fundamentally changed, except that the top pirates today are found in corporate executive offices and boardrooms, investment banks, and the halls of government rather than cramped, smelly, leaky sailing ships. No, pirates were... and are... not really nice at all.

But it didn't pay off!

So I didn't want my pirate song to romanticize pirates. I wanted to it convey a stark sense what truly heartless creatures they were. And you know what? I think... I fear... that in spite of everything... I ended up writing one more damned song that romanticizes pirates!!! What IS it about those guys that they always come out smelling like a rose?

Well, arrrr! to ye, then, shipmates. And may ye never find yerself in the clutches o' pirates... democratically elected er otherwise!

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