Annie, Heart Thief of the Sea - Kishi Bashi

If you want to see my girl

You better be ready, Imma show you the world

On a beach and on the shore

I’ll tell you a story and it’s all about a pearl

Three feet wide and crystal clear

It glistened in the sun it had nothing to fear

Many came from near and far

There was nothing like the beauty that they saw

I was sailing on the sea

There was nothing as far as I could see

When a vision of a girl

Blinded my eyes, she’s as pretty as a pearl

Swam along with us awhile

I was hooked, I was smitten by her smile

When she traded me her heart

I took it from her hand…

Why’d you give me your heart, Annie?

What’d I do?

Why’d you take my heart, Annie?

All you left me was a pearl

When I looked into my palm

I was swallowed by the vision that I saw

In this pearl of perfect white

I saw us together in a union of delight

When I looked into her eyes

I saw nothing but the mirror of the skies

I dove deep into the cold

I was ready to be…

Why’d you give me your heart, Annie?

What’d I do?

Why’d you take my heart, Annie?

All you left me was a pearl

When they pulled me from the cold

I wondered why I’d never felt so old

For my hair had turned to white

I’d long been dead and so had my wife

She had died of a broken heart

She was lookin' for my…

Why’d you give me your heart, Annie?

What’d I do?

Why’d you take my heart, Annie?

All you left me was a pearl