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The Pirate
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A translation into English of Paco's song about a pirate looking back over his eventful life
catalan rock
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Melodic Catalan Rock Band
Pere Flipat were a band playing Melodic Rock in the boom period of Catalan Rock (1987- 1993). We sang in English, Catalan & Spanish. We made an album in 1991 that was moderately succesful, but lack of promotion and direction led to schisms in the band and we split up. However, we are all still very proud of the music we made back then and that is why we want to make it available to a new generation of "Flippies" - as our fans were known. Sadly, a reunion of the original band is now impossible because Tony, our Saxophonist, was killed in a car accident a few years back.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Charts
#1,239 in subgenre Peak #23
Charts
Peak #166
Author
Berni Armstrong / Paco Barrado
Rights
Berni Armstrong / Paco Barrado
Uploaded
October 12, 2006
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MP3 2.9 MB 128 kbps 3:10
Story behind the song
A translation of Paco's song about an old pirate reflecting back over his life
Lyrics
The Pirate Thousands of stories you tell of your life of adventure, In leather bound diaries a hoard worth more to you than gold. No treasure you found could erase the lines in the mirror, No treasure on Earth could stop you from growing old. For a country you have the sea, For companion, your sailing barge, And for the pain – a bottle of muscatel. (x 2) Hearing the sound of the waves as they crashed ‘gainst the gunnels, Drift off in time and remember it all once again. The fear, the slaughter, the riches, the storms and the laughter, Companions and lovers who you will see never again. CHORUS And the steel of your trusty rapier, That conquered the Spanish Main, Rusts before your eyes, it won’t fight again. Far out on the horizon is where you long to be, That half-remembered island – your destiny.
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