Intro to the Pirate of Penance Songtext
von Joni Mitchell

The next song is, ah, kind of a musical play
It′s all about a pirate and two ladies
And uh, actually, it's only one side of the story
Uhm, there are two musical characters who give
Two musical points of view, and, and uh When I recorded it, I was able to do that
But I can′t divide into two and sing the both sides of the story
So I had to sort of give you one side of the picture only
And that is what Penance Crane, she's the pirate lady
The pirate of penance, all apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan

This is Penance Crane's side of the story
And if you wanna hear the other girl′s side of the story
I guess you′ll just have to buy the record