Captain Kennedy Lyrics

Captain Kennedy

I am a young mariner headed to war

 I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

 There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

 And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good

 

 My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy

 He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea

 Exploded on the water for everyone for everyone to see

 And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy

 

 I saw him in Nassau in 1971

 His strength was failin' but he still ran a run

 He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone

 To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own

 

 He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron

 That steel hull freighter was passin' its time

 And time flew by faster with life on the sea

 And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy

 

 I am a young mariner headed to war

 I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for

 There's water on the wood and the sails feel good

 And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good