“Cannonball Rock”

Lyrics, Theme, Style: Tim Hendricks

© Blackbeard World 2025

Arabella here, I saw a sight today,
That blew the mast and sails away.
Blackbeard locked his door from dusk ‘til dawn,
With nothin’ but Elton’s concerts on.
At first light, he slipped ashore,
And when he came back—he was so much more…

No plain old breeches, no salt-stained coat,
He shimmered like lightning in a sequin float!
A captain transformed, with flair and flash,
A hat bejeweled in rhinestone splash.
And feathers pink as a siren’s song,
He strutted the deck like he owned Hong Kong.

Oh, the crew just froze, not a word was said,
Their eyes like saucers, their faces red—
For who was this pirate dressed in gold,
Burnin’ bright and breakin’ the mold?

It’s the Cannonball Rock, and it’s takin’ the ship!
With a cutlass twirl and a wild-hip flip.
He’s stormin’ the deck like a thunderin’ shock,
Blastin’ the night with Cannonball Rock!
He’s the pirate of glam with a starry stride,
Raisin’ his goblet as the waves collide!
He screams to the sky, “This ain’t no croc,
This be the sound of the Cannonball Rock!”

His shirt blew open to the navel deep,

Like a lion unleashed from his jungle sleep.
His beard was glitterin’, gems and glass,
Swingin’ like madness with every pass.

From cannonballs to pirate taskin’,
“Saturday night’s alright for blastin’!”
Oh stars above, what a sight to see
A glam-rock tempest upon the sea!

[Bridge – sultry tone]
And when the moon climbed high and the sea rolled black,
He burst from his cabin with no lookin’ back!
With rum in one hand and a musket cocked,
Howled, “The Bitch is Back!” and the heavens rocked!
Well Blackbeard World had never seen

Him dance like fire with a pirate scream….

It’s the Cannonball Rock, and the night’s alive!
He’s burnin’ through starlight like a comet dive.
From Elton to ocean, from sparkle to shock,
This be the legend of Cannonball Rock!
No kraken nor king could match that night,
When Blackbeard danced ‘neath the silver light
And every soul who saw that shock
Still dreams at night… of the Cannonball Rock!

Blackbeard’s bold, and Blackbeard’s free!
He’s a rocket man on a rhinestone sea.
Broadside blasts rhinestone suits,
A legend reborn in velvet boots!

I asked him what he thought, of The Glitter King.

He said to me, “He makes a pirate’s heart sing”.