Swipe Starboard
Intro
Verse 1
Captain, thirty-something, with a schooner of my own,
I like candlelight and plunder and a quiet night at home.
All my pictures are wanted posters, but they get my better side,
and I'm lookin' for a first mate who can tie the knot and ride the tide.
Pre-Chorus
So if you like the salty air
and a cannonball or two,
baby, I've only got one good eye,
and it's lookin' right at you. (ooh)
Chorus
Swipe starboard if you like me, (swipe starboard)
swipe port if you don't.
One leg, one eye, one parrot,
and a ship that mostly floats.
Swipe starboard, baby, (swipe starboard)
let the tide decide,
'cause a girl like me needs a first mate
on the starboard side.
Verse 2
Well, I matched a Navy officer, he seemed so sweet and kind,
till dessert, when he arrested me and read me all my crimes.
Then I matched a lovely siren, and she sang so sweet and long,
then she tried to drown me in the harbor.
Honey, I fly a black one.
Pre-Chorus
So if you like the salty air
and a cannonball or two,
baby, I've only got one good eye,
and it's lookin' right at you. (ooh)
Chorus
Swipe starboard if you like me, (swipe starboard)
swipe port if you don't.
One leg, one eye, one parrot,
and a ship that mostly floats.
Swipe starboard, baby, (swipe starboard)
let the tide decide,
'cause a girl like me needs a first mate
on the starboard side.
Bridge
Truth is, it gets lonely at the helm.
Every sunset's just for one,
and a chest of gold won't hold you
when the long night's just begun.
I don't need a prince or a treasure,
just someone to share the watch,
and to tell me that the parrot's cute.
Break
Final Chorus
Swipe starboard if you like me, (swipe starboard)
swipe port if you don't.
One leg, one eye, one parrot,
and a ship that mostly floats.
Swipe starboard, baby, (swipe starboard)
let the tide decide,
'cause a girl like me needs a first mate
on the starboard side.
Outro
Swipe starboard... (swipe starboard)
Not you, Navy.