When I was just a little swabby I liked two things, getting dirty
and playing pirate. Pirates live lives of adventure on the high
seas, get as dirty as they want—and they don't take baths.
I said I was a pirate,
Cause pirates don't take baths
But my mom said, honey,
That's not a righteous path.
She said, my dear, you stink
And then she plopped me in the sink
She went rub, scrub
Rub, scrub, scrub-a-dub-dub-dub
Head to toe & in between,
And now I'm squeaky clean.
Still thought I was a pirate
And still could not keep clean
So my dad said, son,
You're kind of ripe, know what I mean?
He said take off those clothes
And then he sprayed me with the hose
He went squirt, squart
Squirt, squart, oooohhhh that's cold!
That water made me scream
But now I'm squeaky clean
I got a little older
Still had that pirate smell
And my teacher, Mrs. Crocco
Did not like that real well
So when I got to school
She went and threw me in the pool
I went splash, splosh
Splish, splash, cannonball!
It seemed a little mean
But now I'm squeaky clean
I go scrub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-dub
rub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-dub
scrub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-a-dub-dub
Now I'm squeaky clean
I was a dirty human being
But Now I'm squeaky clean
BASS SOLO
I was a dirty human being
But now I'm squeaky clean.
Got to be a grown-up
But a pirate still inside
When my boss said it was bath time
I'd still run and hide
Cause when it was time to take
My bath she'd shove me in the lake
I'd go flit, float
Basically I'd just float
My hair's a little green
But now I'm squeaky clean
So now I'm a real pirate
And I sail the seven seas
No one tells me when I'm dirty
I can wash up when I please
And when I get the notion
I just jump into the ocean.
Aarrrrrr! Hoist the loofah, matey!
Swab off me timbers!
My crew knows what I mean
And I get squeaky clean.
That's the end of my story. I'm living my dream on the high
seas. And you can do the same—just be true to your inner
pirate, and it's okay to clean up a little now and then, but
remember, pirates don't take baths.
Rub, Scrub,
Scrub, Rub, Scrub-a-dub-dub
I was a dirty human being, but now I'm squeaky clean.