Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan - Pirate Girls (4:42)

CLAUDIA RUSSELL AND BRUCE KAPLAN - PIRATE GIRLS (4:42)

Contact: Bruce Kaplan
folkunlimited@att.net

Songwriters: Claudia Russell, Bruce Kaplan
Publishing & PRO: Pendry Publishing, ASCAP, Riffmonster Music, BMI

In the summer of 1963, I wasn’t the me I was yet to be
My days were filled with fun and sun and runnin’
The world was as big as the whole backyard,
If times were tough, well they never felt hard
I thought everyone had pancake supper Thursdays

The screen door banged a thousand times a day
My Mom would yell “Just stay out and play”
In her grown up way, she knew this time wouldn’t last forever

We were so light, we were so young
The harder parts had not begun
If there were troubles, well they weren’t ours to care
We were running thru the sprinklers in our underwear

Olly Olly Oxen free free free, we both tried to fit behind that tree
There was only room for one and you’d let me have it
The best of friends against the world, we were gonna be pirates Pirate Girls!
Cause they had all the fun and we both knew it.

We were so light, we were so young
The harder parts had not begun
If there were troubles, well they weren’t ours to care
We were running thru the sprinklers in our underwear

Now I long for those gentle days,
When tomorrow still seemed so far away
And all we did was play, play, play
Much simpler games

The moving van went rolling by
Your Dad bought us ice cream one last time
We laughed and used those popsicles like lipsticks
Then dusk slowed the day to a crawl,
We played catch till you couldn’t see the ball
Then my Mom called and I begged for just 5 more minutes

We were so light, we were so young
The harder parts had not begun
If there were troubles, well they weren’t ours to care
We were running thru the sprinklers in our underwear