Listen up alla you pirates,

You buccaneers and such,

Take a sad warning from my sad song,

And don't push your luck too much.



I used to run all around town,

Makin' and breakin' love.

But all my runnin' didn't seem so cunnin'

When push came down to shove.



CHORUS: 'Cause when I came upon you, Baby,

I didn't know what it was all about.

'Cause when I ran, and then I ran

From true love,

And then i ran

Until my heart gave out.



Thinkin' about those hot nights

When the neighbors began to talk.

I thought love was easy to get

Until I took a walk.



Now I'm here in a cold place

Sittin' so all alone.

I didn't know it could be so bad

Until I quit my happy home.



CHORUS



And didn't it always seem that you can't keep

A good man down?

But when I came of age,

Livin' it up was all the rage.



CHORUS