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RM · 07-08-2007, 08:25 PM

Let me preface my question by saying that from the first listen I always heard this song as a metaphor.
The question : what in the heck do these lyrics mean ?

"Now the pleasures of the harbor
Don't include a lady barber
If it wasn't for Long John Silver
All of us pirates would've been martyrs"

I'm missing something.

[ July 08, 2007, 23:54: Message edited by: RM ]

07-08-2007, 08:25 PM	#31
RM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,965	Let me preface my question by saying that from the first listen I always heard this song as a metaphor. The question : what in the heck do these lyrics mean ? "Now the pleasures of the harbor Don't include a lady barber If it wasn't for Long John Silver All of us pirates would've been martyrs" I'm missing something. [ July 08, 2007, 23:54: Message edited by: RM ]