Pirates - Jenny Owen Youngs

We could be pirates or go somewhere private

I don’t wanna make a scene I just wanna leave

And head back to your place cause I got a roommate

And he don’t wanna hear or see what you’re doing to me

I’ll keep coming back

You don’t make me better but you don’t make me worse

I’ll keep coming back

Numb’s no good

But it sure beats the hurt

Can’t say what’s inside me or when you might find me

Lying with my face down in the dirt like I never learned how

To stand on my own feet or make a recovery

If there is a right time darling well it’s never been now

I’ll keep coming back

You don’t make me better but you don’t make me worse

I’ll keep coming back

Numb’s no good

But it sure beats the hurt

What you don’t know can’t do no damage

What you can’t see won’t be the thing

That digs its teeth in

So pull to the shoulder tell me it’s over

Saying that you’re oh so glad we met but you’d rather just stop now than regret

Said you can’t be the one now to clean all my wounds out

Bandages and nice neat bows?

Hell no — you have to just go

I’ll keep coming back

You don’t make me better but you don’t make me worse

I’ll keep coming back

Numb’s no good

But it sure beats the hurt