With the roll of the dice

And the blink of an eye

The whole game changed

For he and I

One minute laughing

Without a care

The next running away

Into night air

Why were they chasing us?

It was only one hand

We did not know

It was the one that made the man

An outsider to be captain

That could never be

But the rules of the game

Were stated so clearly

On the fifth role

Whoever won

Was to be captain

Challenged by none

But this twist of fate

Was not in the book

They wanted the outsider

To hang by a hook

My outsider and I

We ran away fast

Jumped into the water

We were free at last

Once back to shore

We had a good laugh

At the simple dice game

That was nearly our last

And now that it’s over

And our lives are the same

We warn all we meet

Never to play a pirate’s game