Momus - Is It Because I'm A Pirate? lyrics

Is it because I'm a pirate? Now I've done a string of horrible things Like murdering, pillaging and theft I've looted the junks in the Straits of Malacca Put Spanish explorers to d**h But prejudice would be the ugliest thing For a waitress so lovely to feel Is it because I'm a pirate You seem to have cancelled our date? And is it because I'm a pirate That now it's a quarter to eight? Your prejudice turns you against me But I am prepared to wait "I like your eyepatch!" Who said that? I took in your waist then your face Floating above me, pouring out tea In some Nakameguro place And though it was rude to the girl I was with I asked if you'd go for a date And then when you said you'd be happy to meet I dreamed of your breasts and your face Is it because I'm a pirate You seem to have cancelled our date? Your prejudice turned you against me And now it's a quarter past eight A stereotype would be ugly For someone so lovely to propagate Of course I am wanted by customs officials Of course I'm an international fugitive When not slitting throats of the people in boats I am kind and surprisingly sensitive Set your mind free, as I know you can One day you may see me as just another man Is it because I'm a pirate I seem to be stood up again? And is it because I'm a pirate It's already quarter to ten? Life is too short, I am too great For a waitress so lovely to hate But I am prepared to wait