The Seduction of Interrogation

**The Seduction of Interrogation** is third track of the first act of A Pirate's Tale.

## Performers

Darrel Whitney as "Tristan"

Ray Cygrymus as "Sebastian"

## Lyrics

[TRISTAN:]

The life of a seaman is one and the same.

[SEBASTIAN:]

And all who we've loved will forget all our names.

[TRISTAN:]

The wide open ocean's a cold, lonely place.

[SEBASTIAN:]

And all who've we left we will not see again.

Though navy or pirates, two sides of the same.

[TRISTAN:]

And all who we've loved will forget all our names.

[SEBASTIAN:]

A coin that buys mystery, loneliness, pain...

[TRISTAN:]

And all who we've left we will not see again.

[BOTH:]

All the leagues you sail, the burdens, trials that you bare

For naught but crumbs and broken dreams,

When you could sail the oceans free.

And tell me now why we need to die,

Why our dear throats should all be slit.

Come join our side and be a pirate

And tell us where's that other ship.

Why hate each other? We're like brothers.

Why stab ourselves all in the back?

Come join our side and be a pirate

And share just where those ships are at.

[TRISTAN:]

I know when you see me, you frown and you say...

[SEBASTIAN:]

Oh there's a right bugger as ugly as day.

[TRISTAN:]

Hey! But I, too, was wee once. And innocent babe.

My mother had not one dull coin to her name.

Me dear mum's profession was biblical and

She barely would see me or hold me wee hand.

The same job that dear Mary Magdalene had

So in a house of repute I grew up as a lad.

What chance, do I ask you, what chance did I have?

[SEBASTIAN:]

It must break your heart to conceive such a lad.

[TRISTAN:]

To be something better than just what I am.

[SEBASTIAN:]

He just made the best of a hard, mis-dealt hand.

[BOTH:]

All the leagues you sail, the burdens, trials that you bare

For naught but crumbs and broken dreams,

When you could sail the oceans free.

And tell me now why we need to die,

Why our dear throats should all be slit.

Come join our side and be a pirate

And tell us where's that other ship.

Why hate each other? We're like brothers.

Why stab ourselves all in the back?

Come join our side and be a pirate

And share just where those ships are at.

Cast your shackles all aside, come and live a pirate's life!

The crown you serve is full of lies,, join our side and be a pirate.

[SEBASTIAN:]

I know when you see me, you frown and you say...

[TRISTAN:]

Oh there's a priss ponce, a right pup and a pain.

[SEBASTIAN:]

But I know the navy, it's how I was raised.

My dad spent his life in the service's pay.

I'll tell you, though, discipline, punishment, rules,

Orders and orders is all I was told.

No freedom, no happiness, smiles or play

So i fled and a pirate is what i became.

[BOTH:]

All the leagues you sail, the burdens, trials that you bare

For naught but crumbs and broken dreams,

When you could sail the oceans free.

And tell me now why we need to die,

Why our dear throats should all be slit.

Come join our side and be a pirate

And tell us where's that other ship.

Why hate each other? We're like brothers.

Why stab ourselves all in the back?

Come join our side and be a pirate

And share just where those ships are at.