Captain Kennedy
by Neil Young
From the album: Chrome Dreams
Track 8 of 12 on Chrome Dreams (2023).
Duration: 2:54
Lyrics 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 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