he smiles and calls his name
And though he moves as if he's dreaming,
in appearance all is seeming much the same
what that old man went through
Just to sit around and slowly go insane
no one knows who's to blame
For the pirate shepherd's flag
No one knows just what he lost,
no one stopped to count the cost
Of the pirate shepherd's flag
We remembered when they moved in
Across the river Nyon fifteen years ago
They were immigrants, spoke strangely
thought both sons were slow
But they worked that dial farm
For the fire at Shepherd's Sled,
No one knows just what he lost
No one stopped to count the cause
Of the fire at Shepherd's Sled,
on that sultry summer afternoon
And all that we could do was
helpless figures going nowhere
As the old man crossed the river,
the fire break just on midnight
and the farmhouse in the distance
And that win ter he just sat there
In the ashes of his lifetime
With what the township could collect
And with the bank loan for a bet
and tried to ease the pain
Oh, just a pawn in the game
No one knows who's to blame
For the pirate shepherd's sled
No one knows just what he lost
No one stopped to count the cost
Of the pirate shepherd's sled
Oh, just a pawn in the game
No one knows who's to blame
For the pirate shepherd's sled
No one knows just what he lost
No one stopped to count the cost
Of the pirate shepherd's sled
