A distant car, a quiet night   Like starin' at the ceiling   My sleepy eyes, you smell so nice   It's such a funny feeling   Got no idea, what time it is   Delightfully confusing   The trees outside, the morning light   Arrives, like pirates on parade   Surprise, it's pirates on parade      A ray of light, between the blinds   I lie there in a stupor   I hear a thud, and then a flush   Guess it must be the neighbors   I blink my eyes, I laugh inside   Imagine what they're saying   I see your shape and through the night   Here come, those pirates on parade   Ahoy, it's pirates on parade      Through the rough and stormy weather   On a search for buried treasure   There's an island to explore   Ev'ry wave that whispers softly   "Stay in bed, 'cause it's still early"   Dolphins frolic by the shore   And the phone never rings when the pirates are singing      Well there's 16 men on a dead man's chest   In this hallucination   The map we got, x marks the spot   We're following directions   The 7 seas, the balmy breeze   The pleasure of surrender   The end is nigh, the sun is high   It's late, for pirates on parade   Too late, for pirates on parade      Traffic noises down below me   A helicopter circles slowly   Monsters sink into the deep   Mountainous and downy billows   Float among those fluffy pillows   Maybe I'll go back to sleep   And the phone never rings when the pirates are singing      This wicked life   So what's in store behind that velvet curtain?      The night is gone   And the day is here   The stupid sun is shinin'   The moon reflects   Your hair's a mess   Its lovely imperfections      My crew and I   The clear blue skies   Sail on, with pirates on parade   Sail on, you pirates on parade