[ti:Captain Kennedy] [ar:Neil Young] [al:Chrome Dreams] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Captain Kennedy - Neil Young [00:13.00]Written by:Kennedy [00:26.00]I am a young mariner headed to war [00:31.82]I'm thinking about my family and what it was for [00:37.96]There's water on the wood and the sails feel good [00:43.99]And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good [00:56.69]My father was a sailor named captain Kennedy [01:02.70]He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea [01:08.71]Exploded on the water for everyone to see [01:14.61]And humiliate that American captain Kennedy [01:28.03]I saw him in Nassau in 1971 [01:34.03]His strength was failing but he still ran a run [01:39.94]He worked til his fingers wore to the bone [01:45.98]To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own [01:57.13]He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron [02:02.07]That steel hull freighter was passing its time [02:07.96]And time flew by faster with life on the sea [02:13.78]And the days grew shorter for captain Kennedy [02:21.38]I am a young mariner headed to war [02:27.12]I'm thinking about my family and what it was for [02:33.05]There's water on the wood and the sails feel good [02:39.15]And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good