The Jolly Rogers - Voodoo Man lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - Voodoo Man lyrics]
He was a nice young sailor lad
As green as green could be
When he first joined our crew
For a life of piracy
When a storm nearly capsized us
He was thrown from the ship
Stranded on Hispaniola
Right there on the western tip
When the crew next saw him they
Could not believe their eyes
There was little left of the young
Man that one could recognize
His hair was long a braided
And he looked ready for war
But he smiled and said " Hello
Mates i'm your new bokor
Now he wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting
We don't always understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
The captain said "Now listen boys
I think we should turn back
There's a storm a brewing and
That beast is building fast"
The bokur said "Just wait a minute
And Captain keep your course"
And he went back to his cabin but
The storm it just got worse
We heard howls, and moans, and a bang
And a crash
We saw thick black smoke and a fiery flash
We could smell the lighting and we
Just stared at his door
And when we started to relax
It started up once more
He rushed out and said "We'll
Need every inch of sail"
And a swath of clear blue
Sky split the monstrous gale
The wind filed every sail
And tightened every line
As we passed we saw the
Storm crashed back in behind
Now he wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting
We don't always understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
While hunting down a merchant ship
Around the rocky shore
We came around the island to
A massive Man o' War
The captain said " Now listen boys
We're about to meet our doom"
And the bokor shouted "Never fear"
And he ran down to his room
We heard howls, and moans, and a bang
And a crash
We saw thick black smoke and a fiery flash
We could smell the lighting and we
Just stared at his door
And when we started to relax
It started up once more
"Fire two shots!" he shouted and they
Went off right on cue
Both shots found their target and
Their powder hold it blew
The Man o' War bust into flames
And it began to pitch
And we stole enough from her to
Make sure we were rich
He still wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting we
Don't try to understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
We always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
We always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
As green as green could be
When he first joined our crew
For a life of piracy
When a storm nearly capsized us
He was thrown from the ship
Stranded on Hispaniola
Right there on the western tip
When the crew next saw him they
Could not believe their eyes
There was little left of the young
Man that one could recognize
His hair was long a braided
And he looked ready for war
But he smiled and said " Hello
Mates i'm your new bokor
Now he wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting
We don't always understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
The captain said "Now listen boys
I think we should turn back
There's a storm a brewing and
That beast is building fast"
The bokur said "Just wait a minute
And Captain keep your course"
And he went back to his cabin but
The storm it just got worse
We heard howls, and moans, and a bang
And a crash
We saw thick black smoke and a fiery flash
We could smell the lighting and we
Just stared at his door
And when we started to relax
It started up once more
He rushed out and said "We'll
Need every inch of sail"
And a swath of clear blue
Sky split the monstrous gale
The wind filed every sail
And tightened every line
As we passed we saw the
Storm crashed back in behind
Now he wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting
We don't always understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
While hunting down a merchant ship
Around the rocky shore
We came around the island to
A massive Man o' War
The captain said " Now listen boys
We're about to meet our doom"
And the bokor shouted "Never fear"
And he ran down to his room
We heard howls, and moans, and a bang
And a crash
We saw thick black smoke and a fiery flash
We could smell the lighting and we
Just stared at his door
And when we started to relax
It started up once more
"Fire two shots!" he shouted and they
Went off right on cue
Both shots found their target and
Their powder hold it blew
The Man o' War bust into flames
And it began to pitch
And we stole enough from her to
Make sure we were rich
He still wears more tattoos than clothes
With a ring on every finger
And bone in his nose
When he starts his chanting we
Don't try to understand
But we always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
We always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man
We always listen to him
Cause he's our voodoo man