Jimmy Dean Pt-109 Lyrics

Pt-109 Lyrics

In '43 they Set to sea
13 men and Kennedy
Aboard the PT 109
To fight
the Brazen enemy
On the isle of ol lusana
in the strait beyond nehru
A
Jap deatroyer in the night
Cut the '109 in two.

CHORUS:
Smokin fire
upon the sea
Everywhere they looked was the enemy
the heathen gods of old
Japan
Yeah, the thought they had the best of a mighty good man

On the
coast, commanderos, lookin thru this periscope
Australian niven saw the
battle
For the crew had little hope
two were dead, some were wounded, all
were clinging to the bow
Fightin fire, fightin water, trying to save their
lives somehow.

CHORUS:
Smokin fire upon the sea
Everywhere they
looked was the enemy
the heathen Gods of old Japan
Yeah, the thought they
had the best of a mighty good man

Mac Me hun, the irishman, was burned so
badly he couldn't swim
leave me here, go on he said, cause if you don't we'll
all be dead
the PT's skipper wouldn't leave him, a man to die alone at
sea
with his strap, between his teeth, he towed the irishman to the
sea.

CHORUS:
Smokin fire upon the sea
everywhere they looked was
the enemy
the heathen gods of old Japan
they thought they had the best of
a mighty good man

He led his men thru water's Dark
rocky reefs and
hungry skarks
braved the enemy's bayonets
a .38 around his neck
4 more
days, 4 more nights,
a recue boat pulled into sight
the PT 109 was
gone,
but Kennedy and his crew lived on

So who could Guess, and who
could possibly know
that this same man named Kennedy, would,
be the
leader of a nation,
be the one to take command,
the PT 109 was gone but
Kennedy lived to fight again,

Smokin fire upon the sea,
Everywhere
they looked was the enemy,
but JFK and his crew lived on,
which proves
it's hard to get get the best of a man named John
Big John
Big
John
Big John