A Pirate Sings In Heaven Tonight
by Michael Doyle

Wasted away again in Margaritaville
Your three-chord songs really fit the bill
You got the beach life just right
Hitting all the beauties and highlights
And there's a pirate singing in Heaven tonight

A pirate saw forty, thirty-five years gone by
With many high tides and several Mai tais
You slid on by like five o'clock somewhere
We thought you'd always be there
And now a parrot sings in Heaven tonight

Your words glossed my life through your songs
Each one of them in my heart where they belong
As I look off the son of a sailor just off the coast
This one's for Jimmy, boys!
Let's raise this as his last toast

Now I'm having a cheeseburger in my paradise
Writing these words in the fading light
I took it for granted you'd always be here
And your songs will always be
A pop-top, flip-flop life's worth of memories

(c) September 5, 2023  Michael Doyle
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