captain kennedy

i am a young mariner headed to war

i'm thinking 'bout my family and what it was for

there's water on the woods 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 schoner 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 till his fingers wore to the bone

to buy that wooden schoner and sail on his own

he was known in the islands as a hundred feet 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