A pirate today does not only roam the high seas
He also sails the seas of bogus financial expertise
Seeking to steal his victim's hard-earned treasure
In order to supply himself with sumptuous pleasure

The pirate-con crafts tantalizing financial schemes
Promising investment will fulfill grandiose dreams
At first, the mark is pleased as returns seem to swell
Until he is driven-down into a share-crashing hell

Sensational headlines of financial pirating are splashed
Life-long savings and soaring dreams ruthlessly dashed
Victim realizes his lustful avarice made him a soft touch
His savings gone into the grifter-man's ravenous clutch

Now shrouded in swirling cloaks of depressing chagrin
Promise made no brigand pyramid schemes ever again