Long John: When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
My father said "Now son, this choice deserves deliberation
Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
My boy why not consider a more challenging career"

Pirates: Hey ho ho
You'll cruise to foreign shores
And you'll keep your mind and body sound
By working out of doors

Long John: True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without

All: And when you're a professional pirate
Bad Polly: That's what the job's about

Long John: "Upstage, lads, this is my ONLY number!"
Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood

Pirates: Hey ho ho
We're honorable men
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten

Long John: On occasion there may be someone you have to execute

All: But when your a professional pirate

Morgan: You don't have to wear a suit..... what?

Mad Monty: I could have been a surgeon
I like taking things apart

Bad Polly: I could have been a lawyer
But I just had too much heart

Morgan: I could have been in politics
'Cause I've always been a big spender

Pirate: And me...I could have been a contender

Long John: Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
We'd never stab you in the back, we'd never lie or cheat
We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet
Long John's speech...

All: Hey ho ho
It's one for all for one
And we'll share and share alike with you and love you like a son
We're gentlemen of fotune and that's what we're proud to be
And when your a professional pirate

Long John: You'll be honest brave and free
The soul of decency
You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
And most importantly

All: When you're a professional pirate
You're always in the best of company

Writer : MANN/WEIL
Copyright : Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC