I
am a young mariner
I'm 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 till his fingers wore to the bone
To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own
He was known in the islands
as 100-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 I'm 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