Captain Kennedy - 2003 Remaster

I am a young mariner headed to war

I'm thinking about 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 to see

And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy

I saw him in Nassau in 1971

His strength was failing 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 passing 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 thinking about 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