Story Behind the Song
This is a song about the pirating of movie videos. What is it like for someone to bring a video camera in to a theater and why do we watch them even if the quality is so poor?
Lyrics
Pirate Video
©2001 Mike Rimbaud
A bottle of rum and buckets of pop corn
A bottle of rum and buckets of pop corn
Sending shivers down blockbuster’s spine
An eye patch, wooden leg and plastic wrap
Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video, Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video
Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown, Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown
Silhouettes move across the screen
Silhouettes move across the screen
Cell phones ringing from his pocket.
Buried in California with remote control
Interruptions, Interruptions, Interruptions, Interruptions!
His camera hides under a coat
His camera hides under a coat
You made your TV an outlaw
You made your TV an outlaw
Muffled sound is good enough
Muffled sound is good enough, Blurry image too
A star on a tiny island, electrified
Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video, Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video
Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown, Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown
He paid an usher $500
He paid an usher $500
Bought on a street corner for only five
He’s gunning for you on the horizon
He’s gunning for you on the horizon
Buried in California with remote control
China stole my royalties, China stole my royalties
A Skull and crossbones on a VCR, A Skull and crossbones on a VCR
Hoist the sales
Hoist the sales
Hoist the sales
Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video, Cheating Hollywood, Pirate video
Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown, Enjoy it at home, fortune unknown
Buried in California with remote control
A star on a tiny island, electrified
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