Take It Back

By: jimmy buffett, matt betton Open season on the open seas and Captain says no prisoners please Skull and crossbones on a background of black We ain't stealin' we're just takin' back Chorus: We ain't stealin' we're just takin' back Very simple plan of attack It's our job and a labor of love Take it home to the up above We ain't stealin' we're just takin' back Very simple statement of fact Call it pillage or call it plunder We're takin' it back from them boys down under Hit us hard, took our treasure That was the worst thing they could do It will be our great pleasure To take it back from that captain kangaroo Yo ho ho, and a bottle of suds It's a pirates fight we choose No we don't want a bucket of blood Just a cup is all we could use Just a cup The sails are up and the bets are down Let's lighten up this harbor town By hook or crook or new design We're streakin' for that finish line Chorus: We ain't stealin' we're just takin' back Very simple plan of attack It's our job and a labor of love Take it home to the up above We ain't stealin' we're just takin' back Very simple statement of fact Call it pillage or call it plunder We're takin' it back from them boys down under -- spoken: "we ask ourselves when we get in a fix What would popeye do in a tight spot like this He'd race for his true love and easily win it In an old spinach can with a mast stuck in it" Lift us up, take us high Time to let our spirits fly Lift us up, take us high Let us sail until we die Lift us up, take us high Let us float above the foam Let our sails fill the sky We are takin' our sweet treasure home Take it back We're takin' it baaaaaaaack Take it back!